> > Something else bothers me a bit. I have just read through the spec of
the
> > motor and I don't think this motor can handle more than 220V DC. Our
mains
> > supply is 220V Ac. Putting that through a bridge rectifier and a cap
will
> > probably push it to 320 V DC!! which is miles to much. What can I do to
get
> > this down to around 200V DC again?
>
> You could use a half-bridge rectifier -- two diodes instead of four.

You could, but you'd still end up with the same maximum voltage.  It would
just droop more between the peaks.


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