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3B Scientific Watt’s Governor User Manual

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4. Experiment procedure

In order to conduct the experiment, the following
apparatus is additionally required:

1 Experiment motor with
transmission U10375

1 DC power supply 0–20 V (230 V)

U33020-230

or
1 DC power supply 0–20 V (115 V)

U33020-115

1 Stand base:

U13271

Experiment leads

Set up the experiment motor on a stand base.

Insert the axle of the Watt governor deep into
the chuck of the experiment motor and clamp
it tight.

Connect the experiment motor to a power
supply.

Initially set the output voltage to 0 and then
turn on the power.

To increase the speed, gradually increase the
output voltage and observe how Watt’s gov-
erner changes its angle.

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Fig. 1: Experiment set-up for Watt’s governor