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ok first my brother is attempting to make a FCG and his ghost and rig are done right .or ya know there done so the rig should work good............he ended up getting a windshield wiper motor from a Saturn ..............my bro is cheap and stuborn but he sent me a video of the FCG in motion and it looks like a Flying Crack Ghost.(get it "FCG").......anyway he is running it off a battery charger @ 6v I know you can slow down AC motors with dimmer switches ,and other dial things ...but what can you do for a DC motor.............if he wires a dimmer switch to it and wires a DC adapter would that work ........................
the other question I have is My FCG motor is a Dayton AC crank motor ..the one that everyone recomends .....but last night I set it up outside and ran it for about 3 hours and its really hot....I mean if I kept my hand on it I would get a burn ................its wired to a polarized two prong cord........should I run a 3 prong gorunded cord?...did I wire it backwards?.....is it normal for these motors to run so hot when they are under so little load?.............ifmy rig was aluminium I wouldnt care but its wood so I think after 3-4 hours of run time I could be at risk if a fire or at least my rig warping or ya know somehting bad ...........any help would be aprieciated.....ty
the other question I have is My FCG motor is a Dayton AC crank motor ..the one that everyone recomends .....but last night I set it up outside and ran it for about 3 hours and its really hot....I mean if I kept my hand on it I would get a burn ................its wired to a polarized two prong cord........should I run a 3 prong gorunded cord?...did I wire it backwards?.....is it normal for these motors to run so hot when they are under so little load?.............ifmy rig was aluminium I wouldnt care but its wood so I think after 3-4 hours of run time I could be at risk if a fire or at least my rig warping or ya know somehting bad ...........any help would be aprieciated.....ty