>             At this moment, the speed of the motor is not a mayor concern
> as
> it is the torque. I made a simple 1 diode rectifier, with no cap, thinking
> that the motor doesn't really need a pure continuos current, but I lost a
> lot of torque.

Hi Mauricio,

The transformer loses efficiency when you only use a half-wave rectifier,
because the windings take on a DC current. The amount of current available
is probably only 15%. And since current=torque, that is a problem. You
will need to use 4 diodes or 2 diodes with a center-tapped transformer.

Cheerful regards,

Bob


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