Hi everyone,
Please help me out with this electronics question for a university project.
I need to get a pump running at different speeds so I ordered an electric motor, a potentiometer and a power supply adapter. I put them all together and they worked, however the potentiometer got burnt out.
These are the items:
Electric motor: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-geared-motors/0420631/
Potentiometer: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-motor-controllers/7522009/
Power adapter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/JnDeeTM-AD...BHYBXTQ1KVA&psc=1&refRID=E45DERHGHBHYBXTQ1KVA
And this is what happened with the controller:
I am trying to find where the problem is. Is the power supply not giving a non-digital dc input? Is the current rating (3A) of the potentiometer being different to 6A given by the power supply?
If you could help I would really appreciate it!
Thank you.
Please help me out with this electronics question for a university project.
I need to get a pump running at different speeds so I ordered an electric motor, a potentiometer and a power supply adapter. I put them all together and they worked, however the potentiometer got burnt out.
These are the items:
Electric motor: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-geared-motors/0420631/
Potentiometer: https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/dc-motor-controllers/7522009/
Power adapter: https://www.amazon.co.uk/JnDeeTM-AD...BHYBXTQ1KVA&psc=1&refRID=E45DERHGHBHYBXTQ1KVA
And this is what happened with the controller:
I am trying to find where the problem is. Is the power supply not giving a non-digital dc input? Is the current rating (3A) of the potentiometer being different to 6A given by the power supply?
If you could help I would really appreciate it!
Thank you.
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