07-01-2015, 12:08 PM
(07-01-2015, 01:17 AM)Refugee Wrote: When I salvaged it there was also a big contacter driven by it. It would have been part of a large motor starter.Ah, so. That's how I start my Chipmaster except that I built the Delay Unit myself. It's the usual Diode, Cap and Relay arrangement.
The delay setting can be turned to zero.
The label is marked 5A but the relay inside shows 10A. They must have built it to last.
The downside is that it's OK if the Load is pretty Standard, but if it's variable then the 'Delay' - Time that the Start Capacitor is in Circuit - will be wrong. No real problem if the Load is lower than usual but can pose problems if it's higher. My Chipmaster won't start with the normal Delay if the Variator is wound up because it puts a lot of Starting Load on the Motor.
Alan
