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    Feb 8, 2013, 12:57 PM
    How to slow a electric motor
    I would like to slow my electric motor from 1425 RPM to 175 RPM the driven pulley I have is 14" diam can anyone tell me what size drive pulley I would need
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    Feb 8, 2013, 01:24 PM
    This may work (note that you have to select which value you want to compute):
    Pulley and RPM Calculator | Engineering Information - Culver Armature and Motor
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    Feb 9, 2013, 11:30 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by smearcase View Post
    This may work (note that you have to select which value you want to compute):
    Pulley and RPM Calculator | Engineering Information - Culver Armature and Motor
    Many thanks have now sorted the problem.
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    Feb 9, 2013, 11:53 AM
    Excellent.
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