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Old 04-23-2013, 06:50 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by RickB View Post
Probably because a pot that could handle the power would be the size of a saucer, weigh over a pound, and cost a fortune new.
Well, that would be a good reason then!

Guess I was actually meaning a motor speed controller (which uses a potentiometer plus a whole lot of other electronic crap to pulse width modify) that has a knob that you turn and would be cheap.

It's always the yellow wire...
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