Free electric motors in the UK

This autumn I am having a clear out of stuff that I'm not using for projects. At the back of the shed I have maybe 10 or 12 electric motors ranging from about 1/6 hp to 3 hp. Most are three phase, but a couple are single phase. There are also a few washing machine motors of various kinds. Some are connected to water pumps, some have pulleys etc. I kept these for projects but now I have way too many. Most are electrically sound but have faults such as grumbling bearings, cracked plastic fan cowlings, damaged cooling fins or missing terminal box covers. Basically I can't sell them but they might be of some use to a person needing a cheap motor for a machine, or for spare parts, so I thought I'd offer them around here.

If you need a motor for a machine or project let me know and I'll see if I have one to match your requirements. They won't be perfect but they're free. I can dig them out and test them, and you can collect or I can send them by DHL at cost.

Let me know if you're interested.

Chris

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Christopher Tidy
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You'll probably get a better response posting on uk.rec.models.engineering

Have you got any 3 phase about 0.75-1 hp? And where in the UK are you based?

Reply to
Moray Cuthill

I think I do have one, but it's the worst of the lot. It's flange mounted and coupled to a water pump. Pretty grotty, but I can dig it out and test it if you like. I have a 2 hp three phase motor which looks much nicer. What machine/project do you need it to fit?

I'm in Newport, Shropshire.

Chris

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Christopher Tidy

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I have about 8 motors that i'd give to anyone who could pick them up in Los Alamitos, or even Los Angeles, california. My motors are all 3 phase and are various sizes from 1 HP up to 10 HP. They all work. I used them for idlers while evaluating the effect of idler size on RPC power delivering capability. I'll probably have to toss them in the scrap.

Jerry

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Jerry Martes

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