Electric motor free to a good home

[Nick PassmoreParticipant @nickpassmore75850]

If anyone who can collect it from PE19 (between St Neots and Huintingdon) has a use for this motor, they are very welcome to it. It has a 5/8 shaft but it weighs about 22kg which is a bit too heavy for my purposes.

It seems to run well enough but more than that I can’t promise!

 

 

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

I dont need a motor right now, but I just want to say that I have an old Tuscan motor like that one and it has proved to be one of the best motors I ever bought. It has never failed and seems to have more power than expected, so whoever gets it will do well.

They dont seem to be around anymore, are they still being made ?

[noel shelleyParticipant @noelshelley55608]

Probably from a petrol pump ! Note only has a rating of 1 Hour, again petrol pump ! Noel.

[bernard towersParticipant @bernardtowers37738]

Im with you there Noel similar to the ones on old Gilbarco pumps

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Hi, I’ve got a couple of these types of motors, which are flameproof, and were removed from a couple of scraped diesel pumps, which are class II. I think those used in petrol pumps, should be class III. These two are only rated for 1 hour like the one above.

The heavy construction and the absents of any air vents, tells you that they are flameproof types, so all the heat generated when they are running, has to be radiated away by the casing, which is why they are not continuous running motors.

Regards Nick.

[larry phelan 1Participant @larryphelan1]

Seems my motor is a different type. I never noticed the 1 hour rating, my one is just TEFC, common or garden !

[Nick PassmoreParticipant @nickpassmore75850]

Very interesting.

I wonder how it found its way to my late father’s workshop . . . .

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Such things are emotionally [?] drawn to places where they might have a good home

MichaelG.

[Nick PassmoreParticipant @nickpassmore75850]

Ha!

Well it certainly won’t have been lonely there.

 

 

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