Altitude question

L · 2003-09-17T02:56:56+00:00

Hi, got a question about electric motors and altitude. I work for a water company and we have pump stations at elevations from 6200ft to 7400ft. I have been told that when sizing electric motors one has to take elevation into account because they lose a set amount of power per thousand feet. I can understand this with internal combustion engines, but have no idea if it's true for electric motors, (though it seems to be) and the biggest thing bothering me is WHY???? I haven't figured a logical reason an electric motor should lose HP at altitude. Any ideas??Eric

Altitude question

Sep 17, 2003 23 Replies

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Guy Macon 22 years ago

I have an 85 Subaru, and it has a carburator. Unless they switched to EFI in 86, the above comments apply.

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Guy Macon 22 years ago

The O2 sensors on the subarus of that era are notorious for going bad.

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BUSHBADEE 22 years ago

as are the turbos. . . I DO NOT FOLLOW MANY OF THESE NEWS GROUPS To answere me address mail to snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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repatch 22 years ago

Don't bother, Mr. Bee has made it VERY clear that he doesn't care at all what other people think about his posts, which is why some of us feel he's worthy of our kill files. TTYL

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