One big advantage of the resistor is that the heat goes into the air - not into the windings and brushes when you start pulsing the juice for a power limit.
Dick Barker HLG doesn't need any stinking winch! At 12:38 PM -0500 12/22/07, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: >There's a much better method than using a resistor. The resistor generates >heat that is pure wasted energy. Instead, an automatic pulser that cuts the >power to the solenoids when the current exceeds a certain value is a much >better solution. There's an even better advantage to this solution because you >can adjust the maximum current depending on what is being launched. An even >more advanced concept is to have a foot pedal that isn't simply and on/off >switch, but a rheostat that controls the current limiter. I actually have one >of these sitting in my garage. > >Anker RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
