[Milsurplus] Re: ARC 5 Dynamotor

[Mike Hanz]

The difficulty with operating dynamotors at half their rated input 
voltage is not so much that they won't put out a reasonable supply 
voltage, but that the voltage starts to wander all over the place with 
changes in load.  That may or may not cause a problem with the device 
being powered.  Best to try it and see!  Empirical solutions are usually 
the best.

73,
Mike   KC4TOS

Donald Sanders wrote:

>Has anyone operated the dynamotor on the ARC-5 sets on 12 volts? I suppose
>the voltage will be reduced but the receiver should still operate if the
>filaments are rewired for 12 volts. I wonder if the dynamotor will still
>work alright at 12 volts.
>