[TheForge] Dimmer switch as motor controller

Tod Estes testes at medicine.nodak.edu
Thu Nov 26 20:24:28 EST 2009


Been using a light dimmer switch to control an old motor from a  
salvaged vac. it has been running strong for more than 6 years now.
your milage may vary.

Quoting Rich <rich at maynard.org.uk>:

> Thanks for the ideas. It's just a little fan for the portable forge and
> as a means of running my 2nd hearth in the forge without using the hand
> bellows but it works well enough.
>
> Looks like a mechanical solution is the answer.
>


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