[Lab] Introduction and question

Wed Aug 24 22:43:23 EDT 2011

Hello Sam,

I just happen to have a variety of motors right now for a short time but I will get more free motors in the future. I havnt tried to generate electricity with them besides hooking up my meter and giving them a spin out of curiosity. Ill try to snag an alternator out of a stairmaster next chance I get. Would that be more efficient than a brushed motor? 

Treadmill motors in north america are 90-120V, 15-25A. Can't remember the rpm ratings. Don't know how that would translate when used as a generator. 

-Tony

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-----Original Message-----
From: Sam Roesch <samroesch at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:50:31 
To: <tonyelwood at telus.blackberry.net>
Cc: <Lab at artengine.ca>
Subject: Re: [Lab] Introduction and question

I've seen treadmill motors be used for wind turbine generators. It was
featured in Make Magazine volume 5, link to the project page here:
http://makeprojects.com/Project/Make-a-Wind-Generator/9/1

It calls for a "Treadmill motor<http://makeprojects.com/Item/Treadmill_motor>
, 260 volts DC, 5 amps, with a 6" threaded flywheel" and certainly seems
like the hardest part to source for the project.

I would certainly be interested in one of these motors, however I'm in
Kingston, so it would probably be a little while before I could take it off
your hands.

Does the ModLab have a scrap bin? When I visited Kwartzlab they had a shelf
with tote bins filled with goodies, such as the linear actuators you
mentioned, among other things.

Sam

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:29 PM, <tonyelwood at telus.blackberry.net> wrote:

> Hello builders and thinkers,
>
>    My name is Tony Elwood. I've been following the mailing list for a few
> weeks, eavesdropping on all the interesting craziness you people have been
> up to. I have been building and inventing things since I was a kid and had a
> box of wires, batteries and lightbulbs.
>
> Just getting back into it now playing around with a chipkit uno arduino
> based on microchips 32 bit chip. I built a shield out of treadmill parts to
> drive an 8x8 led matrix. Amazingly it works.
>
> I do service for a fitness company and we are cleaning out stock of
> obsolete parts. Does anyone have a use for treadmill drive or incline
> motors. We have a big pile that will be scrapped. Many of them are brand
> new. I may be able to get some for free. The drive motors are dc, 1.5-3 HP.
> The linear actuators are slow but high torque gearbox ac motors with
> wormwheel shafts on them.
>
> Let me know if anyone is interested.
>
> Hope to attend a lab soon and meet you all.
> -Tony
>
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