[ausev] GE 11.5 inch motor

[loopcat]

Hey All,
 I took Chris R's advise and posted the motor pictures
to Flickr.com  
Here is the link..

http://flickr.com/photos/22369075@N07/

One thing that concerns me, looks like the armature is
touching the winding a little. I hear a light "woosh"
sound as I hand turn the shaft. Is this normal? Any
advice would be welcome.
Thanks again, John in SA..
 
--- Willie McKemie <mckemie at spamcop.net> wrote:

> > 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.
> 
> A big centrifugal water pump with a choke valve on
> it's outlet would 
> certainly make a good load.  It might be possible to
> make some power 
> estimate by measuring the flow and the temperature
> difference between 
> inlet and outlet.
> 
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