A lot of comments about "getting it out of his system" which personally i don't agree with.
Drifting is becoming much more common now with many sites across the uk where this can be done both safely and cheaply. It's alao a cheap way if getting into motor spart compared to many others...
Evening all,
I winder if anu og you elktrikity minded people may be able to help.
I've been given a treadmill motor, but only the motor and no wiring or control with it.
It looks too good to throw away, so was wondering what's the best way to control it with variable speed?
Cheers, M
I don't have a meter to hand but do have a continuity tester.
There is continuity between
Red-blue-purple
And
Brown - black-orange-grey
Purple & orange were to the cap.
See if that helps a little.
It's from a propane space heater, like the ones often seen in machine mart.
It may well be dual voltage, i think i can remember there being a selector on the side casing.
There was no setting for speeds though.
Having a look at the connectors, the red, black...
I've been given a fan from a space heater that i intend to use for something else.
Problem is the wiring has me a little confused.
There are 8 wires.
1 is an earth.
2 go to a capacitor.
The heater only had 1 speed setting unless there was something automatic about it.
Any ideas chaps?
Well after all of this the whole thing may be a non starter. Someone decided they wanted it testing to see if repairs were financially viable.
So i "broke" the motor. Now it does nothing i still stand some chance of getting it. Time will tell.
Thanks for the replies.
It's only plated 400v rather than dual voltage so not sure if it can also run 240.
I'll check the wiring to see what's in the connector box.
I might be getting a compressor donated to me but it's a 3 phase.
I know they can be made to run on single phase via a cap. Problem is this is plated for 400v so could prove a little less effective as it would run slower.
Cant really afford a single phase motor at the moment.
Does anyone...
Good idea, but unfortunately not possible.
A friend of mine knows I'm always looking for stuff like this. He saw it at the side of the road and stripped it but cant remember what make or model it was. I might try searching for some of the numbers on the circuit board.
Well it states that the rated voltage is DC 220 - 240v. But whilst searching around around most seem to max out at about 180-190v as you say. I guess it wouldn't need to run max speed so something that comes close would be good enough. More concerned about burning out a non matched controller...
I'm thinking about making a belt grinder or similar. So the speed control could come in handy for when knife making to prevent burning the tip.
It seems a standard two pole, brushed, permanent magnet set up.
Just been given a faulty treadmill. Unfortunately the control circuit seems to be at fault but the motor seems ok.
It's a 1.5hp 220v DC 5A motor.
Any idea on the best way to run this with speed control? Most of the speed controllers on ebay either seem too low wattage, wrong voltage or silly...
Which valve did you use?
I would guess at a normally open solenoid placed between output and check valve operated via pressure switch?
I was looking at a mac valve but this could be much cheaper.