On  1 Oct 97 at 15:25, beeman wrote:
 
>  I thought of that as well, but when speaking with an older
>  gentleman that
> was very mechanically inclined about it, he said that would burn out
> most motors because you must have minimum amount of voltage to run
> the motor. Does anyone know more about this?
 
It has to be possible as I have a Dadant 6/12 extractor with a
variable speed switch and motor. Perhaps a call to Dadant would give
the answer, and you should be able to buy the items as spare parts.
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