Hello, Any help would be brilliant with this!
I need to create a method of taking a variable input from a 230V@10A dimmable socket in a theatre to convert it to a variable 180VDC to control a DC motor built into a treadmill the other side of the room with a constant run power requirement of 5 Amps. So far all I am using is a bridge rectifier and running the dimmer at a low level to convert it into DC but as you can probably imagine as soon as the motor is started the load on the motor causes the inrush to trip the 10A dimmers (the motor only has one run coil and no start).
Can anyone recommend a circuit that could be at the motor end of the setup using either capacitors or a resistor system that would require no human interaction apart from the dimming control to adjust the speed after start up.
Preferably cheaply!
Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.
I need to create a method of taking a variable input from a 230V@10A dimmable socket in a theatre to convert it to a variable 180VDC to control a DC motor built into a treadmill the other side of the room with a constant run power requirement of 5 Amps. So far all I am using is a bridge rectifier and running the dimmer at a low level to convert it into DC but as you can probably imagine as soon as the motor is started the load on the motor causes the inrush to trip the 10A dimmers (the motor only has one run coil and no start).
Can anyone recommend a circuit that could be at the motor end of the setup using either capacitors or a resistor system that would require no human interaction apart from the dimming control to adjust the speed after start up.
Preferably cheaply!
Again, any help would be greatly appreciated.