50 HZ motor ?

Probably, but try it. Run it for an hour or so & see. Knowing what an honorable seller you are, I know that you will be upfront about the 50 Hz & 220v ratings, so you want to be able to tell your buyer that you ran it on 240 60Hz without problems.

You certainly don't want to sell it without testing, only to have it smoke-out for the buyer.

Bob

Risky. I wouldn't try that without first asking either Gast or one of their authorized repair center gods.

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The motor will probably be fine. Speed won't burn it out, overheating will, and a 50Hz motor run at 60Hz will be fine. The reverse is not true though.

The load from the pump is the other issue. I sort of doubt gast has special pump bodies for 50Hz use. It's probably a domesting pump that's derated for the lower motor speed, so again, you're probably going to be fine as long as you don't overload the pump. The pump ratings for 50Hz won't be valid for 60Hz use.

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I go with that. The motor won't overheat from too high a frequency, it will overheat from too low a frequency. The 20% overspeed shouldn't be a major problem, either, for the above reason.

LLoyd

You get a little more HP out of it too.

John

That was my guess, but I wanted to check. This is a dry rotary vane pump, I don't think it can be overloaded.

Gary - What is the motor model #?

Many are rated for 50/60hz use on the web site / via technical support brochures but do not say so on the label fixed to the motor.

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The plate says 50Hz, not 50/60 Hz.

I didn't have much luck finding anything, probably asking wrong. There is G21DX, on the plate. Also part of the Gast part no.