I have a washing machine that leaks and is no use for its intended purpose. How easy is it to set the motor up to do 1001 really useful thingies?
Anyone posted any such a? Or come across a site with this sort of thing on it?
Washing machine motors often require a load to limit their speed, and without a load they can fly to pieces, so be careful. I've seen a book on reusing mains motors, might have been in Maplin. Washing machine motors really are very much designed for exactly their task, and using them for other things is not easy.
Isn't the C5 a good example of this ;-)
Colin
Theyre open framed, so need covering to prevent injury or damage. They are designed to work with an electronic controller, but will run if series connected. They do extemely high speeds, eg 15,000 rpm, too high for most apps, thus IRL one usually has to run them at reduced speed and power. They should not be run unloaded. They generally have 6 connections: 2 each for armature, stator and tacho. Theyre reversible, but only at low speed. Theyre free.
What do you want to use it for? A high power fan?
Regards, NT
On 24 Apr 2004 10:16:08 -0700, in uk.d-i-y snipped-for-privacy@meeow.co.uk (N. Thornton) strung together this:
With a WM motor behind it that would be a wind tunnel wouldn't it?
It seems such a shame to cob it. But there you go. Prime example of the throw away society. I think this sort of thing began when guns replaced bows and bullets replaced other bullets. Prior to that the only other example of one use and no repairs was crockery.
In its way, the more sophisticated stuff gets, the simpler it becomes to maintain.
In message , Michael Mcneil writes
You could create a grey water toilet... :)
Not too tough to make a wood lathe out of it, but you'd need to run it on reduced voltage. Dont want the workpiece doing 15,000 rpm :)
And torque would be low compared to geared lathes, so either use a small cutting tool or a powered cutter.
Regards, NT
You might, if turning matchsticks.
Not worth the trouble.
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