1/4 horse should be fine. I wonder if they happen to be capacitor start motors. I'm not certain that cap start is a necessity but, it couldn't hurt. I believe that one hell of a vortex is just what the doctor ordered...maybe I misunderstand though.
Thanks for your comments, On 10/26/05, Derick Giorchino <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have had my pump apart, brass or bronze impeller the motor seems to be > sealed and has an external cooling fan. I think it is a 1/4 hp motor. > As for using it to spin a mixer I think it maybe a lot to ask inrush could > do some harm until the oil gets going and the r.p.m. would give you one hell > of a vortex. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Dunn > Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2005 8:42 PM > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: [Biofuel] Still looking for a cheap TEFC motor > > I was looking back through to archives tonight to see if I could maybe > stumble across a source for cheap TEFC motors and I found one of the > many references to the clear water pumps available through Harbor > Freight and Northern Tool and such. Upon checking out Harbor Freight, > I noticed that they are selling a 1 inch clear water pump for > $29.99USD. Here is the link: > http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=1479 > Looking at the image provided, I might assume that the motor matched > up to the pump is a TEFC motor. I wonder if someone could provide > some assistance. Is it in fact a TEFC motor? What sort of HP are we > talking about? Could I disassemble the pump and use the motor to > drive my planned stir biodiesel process? > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ 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/
