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01-31-2016, 11:31 PM

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Sunflowerzz

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Originally Posted by Mickey2

If these controllers get that hot there's something wrong with them.

Not true, these controllers get burning hot quite often. The electrical power goes through the coiled wires and the resistance to the electrical flow creates heat which in turn is notorious for heating the control pedals too hot to touch.

They do tend to heat up more at slower speeds, don't know why I said faster speeds but thank you for pointing that out, I meant to say sewing at slower speeds makes them hotter but these resistant controllers create heat no matter the speed. That is how they work. I hate using them and replace them as quickly as possible with electronic ones.

I sew on many different machines and some do heat up more than others but I also have noticed that the speed control is not nearly as good as with an electronic controller. They work much better for FMQ, which can be a lot of stop and start and slow sewing.

You can read many posts here on the forum about peeps burning their feet even through socks and light weight shoes.

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