Got a new Motor

Jan 07, 2013 9 Replies

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Searcher7 13 years ago

I picked up a 115v, 1/2hp, 1200rpm, TEFC, single phase Marathon Resilient motor.

I won it on Ebay for only $16.50 and before I try to figure out what to do with it I thought I'd ask if anyone was familiar with this brand.

I'll probably sell it and but one more suitable for my purpose. That is one that has a 1/2" dia. pulley shaft instead of a 5/8" one like another motor I already have.

They seem difficult to come by, and I still need one for my band saw or drill press project.

Can anyone tell me much about the quality of this brand of motor or how much it usually goes for?

Thanks.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

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PrecisionmachinisT 13 years ago

It is a "PSC type" motor which is a poor choice for use on something like a drill press lathe or similar.

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Existential Angst 13 years ago

"Won" = you were willing to pay more than anyone else??? Ok....

for only $16.50 and before I try to figure out what

Marathon is an established brand, common in what seems to be good quality products. Not a baldor, but....

1200 rpm seems to be an odd duckie, tho, proly along the lines of what Sam was saying.

F*ck ebay. Go to a motor re-winding house, or a pump-motor house, they often have floor-to-ceiling shelves of used motors. F*ck ebay.

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PrecisionmachinisT 13 years ago

6 pole motors run at 1200 rpm (synchronous speed)

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Pete Keillor 13 years ago

Before I retired, our electrical dept specified Marathon for 3ph 480V stuff, TEFC or explosion proof, often inverter duty. I had a lot better luck with them (fractional to 25 hp) than Baldor, except one custom motor with much less runout than normal for a special application. The other Baldors we got were often replaced with Marathons when they died. So I like the brand, don't know about your motor.

Pete Keillor

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Gunner 13 years ago

Marathon is a good industrial motor and they make them for a lot of the distributors.

Having found a 1200 rpm motor is a rather lucky find and many applications can be found for it.

Gunner

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Searcher7 13 years ago

But none involving a drill press or band saw? Any idea on what these usually cost? The seller who I won this motor from is selling similar for $152.

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(Though, that one says 115V/

230V).

Thanks.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

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Bob La Londe 13 years ago

Oops. So much for the no political content warning.

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Gunner 13 years ago

Sure..they can be used on both applications and often are. My metal cutting vertical bandsaw has an 1150 rpm motor in it

Gunner

The methodology of the left has always been:

Lie
Repeat the lie as many times as possible
Have as many people repeat the lie as often as possible
Eventually, the uninformed believe the lie
The lie will then be made into some form oflaw
Then everyone must conform to the lie

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Searcher7 13 years ago

Thanks a lot.

Darren Harris Staten Island, New York.

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