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Re: SU carb stepper motors.

Subject: Re: SU carb stepper motors.
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 11:01:18 -0500
Cc: spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>, midgetsprite@egroups.com
References: <001101c08ad1$62f51240$3f2c893e@pbncomputer>
Rob -

You sure that is a stepper motor?  Stepper motors require rather a lot
of electronics to make them do anything useful or intelligent.  I
suspect that it's really a bimetallic electric choke, where the choke is
actuated by a bimetallic spring, and the electric leads actually power a
small heater coil.  It makes the whole thing a sort of crude
air-temperature-compensated timer.

Chris K.

rob thomas wrote:
> 
> Found some twin HIF44 carbs.  One of them has a SOLEX stepper motor on it
> whilst the other has no choke at all.  Anyone know how/why a stepper motor
> works in the place of a choke?  There are 2 wires to the unit.  Does it use
> temperature feed to the stepper motor electrics or is there normally some
> electronic wizardry involved.

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