Re: Sewing pedal = Variac??

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Original poster: "Terry Fritz" <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>

Hi Erik,

Those motors are very low current an I think it is just a variable power
resistor.  They probably can't handle enough current for our uses.  Modern
ones may be solid state but they would be much like a light dimmer.

Cheers,

	Terry


At 07:45 AM 7/6/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi ya'll
>
>If anyone here sews, think about this.
>
>Those little black pedals on the power cord of a sewing machine controlls 
>the speed, yes?
>
>So whats in them, a small variac??
>To small for TC duty??
>
>hmmm.
>Erik
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