Re: calculating bps for sync rsg

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• Subject: Re: calculating bps for sync rsg
• From: "Bunnykiller" <bigfoo39-at-idt-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>)
• Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2000 17:15:26 -0700
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Tesla List wrote:
> 
> Original Poster: "Jon Lagler" <rockcrawl-at-netzero-dot-net>
> 
> Hello,
>  This may be a dumb question, but please bear with me, I'm kinda new at this.
> How do I calculate the break rate of my synchronous rotary gap? My rotor
has 4
> contacts. it is a 1/2 hp motor, 1725 rpm(I think), 60hz. Whatever it is, it
> seems to work well.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance,
>  Jon



Hi Jon...

to start with   you have an asynchronous gap....    1800 rpm or 3600
rpm  running at 60Hz is synchronous

the break rate is the number of gap posts ( in your case 4) X the (rpm's
/ Hz)

so for example ...   4 X ( 1725/60) = 115 BPS ( breaks per second) 


Scot D

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