Andy, Perhaps I misunderstood. I thought the motor was pinned while the shutter was open, and perhaps while it was closed, until you shut the power off. Did you turn the power off at both ends? Also, it seems to me that the front wheel steering mechanism would provide both an opening and closing opportunity without taxing either the motor or the power supply. Just a thought. Best, Roger Sent from my iPad. On Jun 4, 2013, at 8:17 PM, "Andrew Davidhazy" <andpph@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Roger, > > That would work to slow the motor down but the short answer is that I did not want to deal with altering the input to the motor. It was such a neat clip on connection to the receiver ... power consumption is probably very low anyway particularly given the fact that the motor is not powered during the possibly significantly long exposure time. It just needs a jolt to open and a jolt to close. > > Andy > > On Jun 4, 2013, at 7:22 PM, Eichhorn Roger wrote: > >> Andy, >> >> I would think a resistor in the power line would slow the motor and use less current. For a pinhole camera the speed at which the shutter opens and closes can't be important. >> >> Roger >> >
