Power Transmission Technology Update May 9, 2017

There Must Be 50 Ways to Reduce a Duty Cycle

By Norm Parker

Reducing a duty cycle is a very niche skill and for reasons that are beyond me, people get territorial and emotional about sharing their methods. Maybe it’s because they spent hours hammering out the calculations and they think their method is a mathematical secret; or it could be that in the process they made it so cumbersome, they couldn't re-create it if they tried. I’m not sure. Either way — we will cover a couple of simple methods to get you started off on the right foot.

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Power Transmission Technology Update May 9, 2017
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There Must Be 50 Ways to Reduce a Duty Cycle By Norm Parker Reducing a duty cycle is a very niche skill and for reasons that are beyond me, people get territorial and emotional about sharing their methods. Maybe it’s because they spent hours hammering out the calculations and they think their method is a mathematical secret; or it could be that in the process they made it so cumbersome, they couldn't re-create it if they tried. I’m not sure. Either way — we will cover a couple of simple methods to get you started off on the right foot. Read More
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