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Big scrap motors

Just mulling over the next project (wind generator if you must know!) I need to find the field winding CORE (the steel, not the copper!) that surrounds the armature. The thought is to buy a suitable scrap motor, cut the copper out, (sell it!!), cut the field core apart and rewind to my specs. I really only need about an inch of core but roughly 12" inside diameter and 24 to 32 poles.

So the questions: what size motor do I need to look for that uses a 12 inche diameter rotor? How many poles will I find on same?

Reply to
RoyJ
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It will be a *big* motor. Most I've seen tend to grow longer with increased hp after a certain point. I'd offer a wild-assed guess of 25 hp minimum.

Reply to
Jim Stewart

I think 25 hp is a reasonable minimum. A really old fashioned motor (the kind it would be a pity to strip) might have a 12" rotor in a 25 hp machine. My 2.5 hp Laurence Scott motor from 1931 has a 7" rotor if I remember correctly. Modern TEFC motors tend to have smaller rotors working at a higher flux density. I've seen four pole 50 hp motors with rotors smaller than 12". Lower speed motors also tend to have larger rotors for the same horsepower rating to provide the additional torque.

Chris

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Christopher Tidy

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