SDS hammer drill - Page 2

Originally Posted by greytruck

I did mess around with sub pumps since i get 100+ a year from my plumbing contact. Almost all are alum wound. the only ones i found worth messing with are the EverBuilt brand that have a stainless cylinder, or the big green pumps that weigh 50lbs. Those are copper, but on the big green ones you have to break the stator out of the cast iron shell. You will be surprised how small the motor actually is in them, not worth it for the little copper in those. Plus the oil in them stinks and the grossness from most you dont want to be touching or breathing that sewage stink. I just cut the cord and if clean enough, pull the stainless handles and on to the next.

Just guessing, but i think these would more likely be lift station grinder pumps for a septic system. It might not make much of a difference though. Almost all of the fresh water jet pump motors i've seen are aluminum wound.



It may be that aluminum is the preferred choice for certain applications that involve handling water.

Those big green ones i was saying are the septic pumps. i believe they are called "the waste eater" which is printed on the box. Those are always very gross, slimy, stink, and usually have toilet paper stuck to them. yuck.

The other day i was thinking about well pumps, those are encased in stainless and are always copper wound from what ive come across. The stainless may be a telling sign of an copper motor.

Oh well, off to mess with a 10hp motor i got. wonder if mike has ever split any larger motors with his Hammer drill.... i do get these time to time and sell them as is cause i cant pull the copper by hand and i dont have hydraulics like i see others use on youtube to split and pull the copper out of larger motors.

Originally Posted by greytruck

Those big green ones i was saying are the septic pumps. i believe they are called "the waste eater" which is printed on the box. Those are always very gross, slimy, stink, and usually have toilet paper stuck to them. yuck.

The other day i was thinking about well pumps, those are encased in stainless and are always copper wound from what ive come across. The stainless may be a telling sign of an copper motor.

Oh well, off to mess with a 10hp motor i got. wonder if mike has ever split any larger motors with his Hammer drill.... i do get these time to time and sell them as is cause i cant pull the copper by hand and i dont have hydraulics like i see others use on youtube to split and pull the copper out of larger motors.

Don't remember what it was for sure a 5hp or a 10 hp either way it was before I got the hammer drill they say that the copper content is lower on the big ones not sure if it's true I don't usually get big ones like that. I did a motor for a ac fan the smaller ones work good then the bigger ones are harder to do but doable my chisel bit is not quite wide enough so I have to move it back and forth but it cuts through or shears it off I think takes time but beats doing it by hand. Or a sawzall since that makes a mess. I have done a sump pump or two kinda nasty tho.

If I was able to aquire a 10 hp motor then I would do a video and see how it does I just don't get them I have only had one ever.