This thing was a beast...Took two of us to wrestle it on a dolly so I could wheel around to the back of the trailer where it was reeled in with the winch. 32" long and 15" across.
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This thing was a beast...Took two of us to wrestle it on a dolly so I could wheel around to the back of the trailer where it was reeled in with the winch. 32" long and 15" across.
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Be careful with some of those big old motors. I found one that contained PCB. There was this thick black crap seeping out of the sides of it. The funny thing is that it was at one point in time being used as a water pump for a well. The disposal of the motor was rather pricey (100$) and I had to drive 3 counties away (90 miles one way) to find a landfill which accepted that kind of hazardous waste. They were originally going to charge me 275$ but they lowered the price.
Holy shoot!
Had a chance to do some research on it and it turns out to be a generator for a Carbon Rod Lamp used in early movie theater projectors. Not sure how many of these things could be laying around but the size and weight could be a negative to folks that collect related items.
must be one hek of a generator. With all the "re-purposing" that goes on these days, might be a good thing for further research
Some of those things produced 12000 watts+. I traded 2 generators to a guy in Cincinnati who was removing the generator/inverter from the motor and connecting it to a setup on a fast running creek on his property to power his barn (which I thought was a super cool idea). Like Bear suggested, if it works someone would really be interested, that could power a whole house.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bear
Just finished scrappin a motor 'almost' that big. Weighed in at just over 200#. Had over 30# no.2 copper in it. But I had to chain it to a tree and jerk the windings out with the 4-wheeler.
Came across a motor about that size when I first started scrapping. Had to leave it behind because I just couldn't handle it by myself at the time. I guess I've gotten more persistent and innovative since then and now I'd like to get another shot at it.
I love some motor/gen porn!!! I spent my lunch break looking at some that were just a little bit bigger than that, not for scrap, I just wanted to see them because they are cool!! Unfortunately no one was around for me to bother with questions. As I have been getting more into bio fuels and alternative energy I have learned there is a huge market for used electric generators, alternators and motors. Now that I need some for experiments and know they could have high resale I can't find a single one lol, but I have hope in the scrap gods that when I am ready they will send one my way. Cool pic thanks for sharing.
Here's the tag that is on it...Patent is from 1916 but doesn't necessarily mean it's that old. I believe this was run by a AC motor and then produced a DC current for the Carbon Rod Lamp in the projector.The Hertner Electric Company also built motors for electric cars in the early 1900 but the division was bought out by the car company they were put into. They make forklift batteries today under a different name.
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man, that thing's got a definite "cool" factor. I wonder if it's a match for motors that went into streetcars, those things are being restored all over
damm man, 70 amps @ 220V, surge to 140! 8HP motor would run it