[TheForge] Electric Blower question

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TOOL GYPSY wrote:

> Hello all
>    I installed an electric blower with a reostat on my forge. When on 
> the lowest speed it is still running a bit to much air so i added an 
> airgate.this works fine except the motor tries to compensate by 
> speeding up a tad or three like a vacumn clener with your hand over 
> the hose.My question is,  should i ignore this and see what comes of 
> it.will this overheat the motor? or should i reroute the air to 
> exhaust when the gate is closed ?
>   Paddy P the wannabe
>
>                                                          Nova Scotia  
> Canada
>
Instead of an airgate to add resistance try putting in  an air spill.
Run the air into one branch of a Tee and out the leg to the fire,. Put 
the air gate on the other branch of the Tee. You will find that this set 
up lets you dump virtually all of the air , none, or any  amount in between.

Mike Graf

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