How Does it work?

The easiest way to regulate the speed of an electric motor, is to decrease / increase the supplied voltage. This can be done by putting an adjustable serial resistor in series with the motor. https://web.archive.org/web/20081222213911/http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/pagead/ads?client=ca-pub-2757683140936137&dt=1230067431898&lmt=1612436424&output=html&slotname=6542966663&correlator=1230067431898&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmayothi.com%2Fspeedcontrol2.html&eid=6083027&ea=0&frm=0&ga_vid=1883978985.1230067435&ga_sid=1230067435&ga_hid=726046104&flash=0&u_h=864&u_w=1536&u_ah=834&u_aw=1536&u_cd=24&u_his=11&u_nplug=3&u_nmime=4&dtd=M This is exactly how my first ‘Scalectric’ speed control worked. It had a high-resistance wire wrapped around a core and …

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