When this is used with a blower motor that uses 100 watts of power at 115 volts, do you use fewer watts when you run the blower more slowly?
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Yes, i used a watt meter and the draw at full speed was 58 watts, turned down to lowest was 38 watts. I use it on an air filter unit and it traps more dust on the lower speed. The higher speed without the speed controller just blew dust around, and trapped less dust.
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I installed it for 220V 60 HZ. I'm not absolutely sure, but think it would be fine for 50 HZ also. Possibly the blower motor would run slightly slower.
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It will work with a unit with a variable speed blower, but the thermostat itself does not control or is capable of changing the blower speeds. A computer or circuit card in the unit itself controls the blower speed, not the thermostat itself.
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this may help. hoes maybe to short.just a guess. ck the volts to much power will make the motor run faster. if any of THESE will not work send it back. thanks
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I did not use it for a blower motor. I cut it to size and used it as a prefilter for my allergy HEPA filter. In that situation it did not impede the air flow at all. I also used it as a prefilter in my window A/C units. In that situation it did not impede the air flow either.
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You need to know the power the unit needs, look at the plateon the blower's motor.....the information is there.
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No it won't hurt the motor but I wouldn't purchase this blower. There is no power behind the motor. A regular box fan is better and cheaper.
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I have not noticed any significant change, nor will you. All electric motors of a specific horsepower will use a similar amount of electricity, with minor exceptions. However, this motor is much quieter, but I only run it 5 to 6 hours per day. Many say 4 hours is sufficient.
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You'll have to have an appropriate extension cord, that is not included in the purchase of this item. Do not use in home type of extension cords. This is a good blower with variable speeds.
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If the wood lathe is 15 or less amps it will slow it down, however the controller is not linear and the 1/2 HP motor may stall before you reach the desired slow speed. This controller is primarily designed to be used with high speed routers that do not have a speed control dial on the router but rather just an on/off switch that doesn't control speed.
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My Kill-A-Watt meter shows this blower pulling 23 watts on low speed and 35 watts on high speed.
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Mine unit is not hot. I'm pulling twice as many watts (~235W). I run for 5 hours. Its sounds like you have a problem, maybe a fire hazard. I'm not sure of the electrical specs, if you have a voltmeter you might try measuring the voltage or amps.
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Hi Chas,Sorry for the delay, I could not log in to Amazon for weeks.The blower works with any DC12V source capable to provided the amperage required to drive the motor.I would however not connect it to the battery directly because of the power consumption of the motor, that may drain your battery if you forget to switch it off.Therefore my recommendation is to connect the blower to a switched and fuse protected circuit that only powers up when the generator charges the battery.I hope this helps.TT2648
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Your controller can only deliver as many watts as your motor can draw. Your can always use a controller that allows higher wattage, just not higher voltage.
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The voltage is 250/125, so either setting you can use the low or high. I don't know the wattage, as it didn't matter to me. I was more concerned with the dual voltage aspect of the dryer. Hope that helps!
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Unfortunately, after carefully checking the fan, instruction booklet and box, I have found no information regarding the watts. Like Susan Mann responded on February 19, I concur it is an awesome fan. I love the flexibility of using with or without household current. Quite frankly, I was also surprised at the efficiency while operating on batteries.
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On the bottom of page 2 of the instructions that came with my blower it states "These blowers are not recommended for use with any type of speed control devices." The instructions do not state what would happen if one did.