Re: Motors comparison page updated

In lugnet.robotics, Philippe Hurbain wrote:

> Good thing, the load is not inductive.

No, purely resistive. Although it does have a "boot up" time, I think it's just
due to heating up the element. I'm not completely sure if the element will
respond better to a "dimmer" type set-up (running it at less than normal
voltage) or a "pulsed" set-up with a relay... but with the relay I'd have
all-electronic NXT-based control, which I really like.

> Looks like some people do:
> http://www.amazon.com/Leviton-61500-I-Single-Pole-Electro-Mechanical-Incandescent/dp/B003AUDF0Y/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=hi&qid=1294925232&sr=1-1

Wow! Thank you, I didn't realize they made those (although they aren't cheap...
but it's at least viable).

> Fortunately no, they are not dissipating all the power not going
> in the load!

Thanks for that tidbit as well... I wasn't aware of that, and was worried about
it.

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Brian Davis