I should have added, they are capacitor start motors. On 10/16/05, Ken Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've done some research since yesterday, it appears that there aren't > many TEFC motors below 1/4 hp - not affordable ones anyway. I found a > 1/4 hp Grizzly TEFC motors on Amazon.com and you can also order them > direct through Grizzly.com. Its $65 new through both. Seems like > Grizzly designs or sources them for woodworking applications but, far > as I can tell TEFC is TEFC. > > Take care, > Ken > > On 10/15/05, francisco j burgos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear Mr. Dunn: > > certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or > > calculations. > > Hope some body can share info... > > Yours truly, > > Mr. F.J. Burgos > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ken Dunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <Biofuel@sustainablelists.org> > > Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM > > Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear > > > water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I > > > don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, > > > they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. > > > > > > Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to > > > buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using > > > a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's > > > diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 > > > HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to > > > waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes > > > based on processing capacity? > > > > > > Take care, > > > Ken > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Biofuel mailing list > > > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > > > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 > > > messages): > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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