A neighbor of mine gave me one of these washers after the June 7th flooding. It floated and then fell over in 44" water, while still plugged in. $250 in circuit boards, and it's almost good as new. She said it cost ~$1500 in early 2007.
It was a Kenmore, but Kenmore, Whirlpool, and Maytag all use the same parts (!). The rotor for this one is plastic, stamped "Fisher and Paykel", and fits on a splined shaft. You would either have to cannibalize the shaft, bearing, and holder from a washer, or make your own - which would not be trivial. I think most high-efficiency toploaders use motors like this. I'm not sure about frontloaders. If your washer sounds like a stepper motor while agitating, chances are it has one of these motors. Mark On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Leslie Newell <[email protected]>wrote: > These motors are really 3-phase brushless motors and would probably work > really well with a brushless motor drive such as those made be granite > devices <www.granitedevices.fi>. The disadvantage is that they are very > big and the large outer casing rotates. You really don't want to get > caught up in it. > > Les > > Emory Smith wrote: > > Using Fisher & Paykel (Pykel?) Smart Drive Washing Machine motors. > > I've not heard of this brand in the US. Are they Australian? > > I could afford a set of brand new NEMA 56 steppers & drives before a trip > > to Australia to search junk yards ;^) > > > > The guy claims 0.0178 mm (0.000700787402 in) per step. > > > > > http://dailydiy.com/2008/12/16/cnc-machine-built-using-washing-machine-motors/ > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
