[ausev] GE 11.5 inch motor

[Chris Robison]

loopcat wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> Sorry, I did not know a subscription was necessary to
> view snapfish. If u know of another site that is
> better, please let me know. 

The ones that come to mind are Yahoo's and Google's sites. Yahoo's is 
flickr.com and is by far the better known and more popular. Google's is 
picasa.com, and I believe that images made "public" from Picasa are 
available to be viewed on picasaweb.google.com. I have not used Picasa.


> I have attached a pic
> to this email. Hope it works this time!

Though we obviously don't have any restrictions set up to prevent 
attachments from being posted to the list as many others do, we try to 
discourage it. Putting files on a server or using a service like you've 
done, is preferable.

I apologize for not having guessed/remembered that this is the same 
motor you were asking about earlier. I'll be very interested to see how 
it works out. Whatever happens, I know I'll be learning something :o)

> Looking for a good way to test my DC engine out. I
> know that series motors need a load during hi power
> testing.

This is a good question in general. I'm wondering how hard it would be 
to build a dyno...? maybe with water and some vanes swishing it around 
or something. Eh, just another distraction I guess. What's unfortunate 
is that neither Netgain nor Warfield (their manufacturing partner) have 
a dyno that's large enough to fully test their larger motors at 
realistic voltages and current.


> Saw the video of Chris R's Warp13. What kinda power
> did you use during the spin-up?

It was just 12 volts from two parallel UPS batteries. I was a bit 
surprised by how fast this 330V rated motor spun at 12 volts, but 
thinking back I probably shouldn't have been. At any rate, it won't 
exactly be silent, with that large commutator.

> BTW, nice motor dude!!

Thanks!  :o)

Next Saturday I'll be back in the garage working on the truck, so you're 
welcome to stop by and check it out in person if you like!

   --chris