On 29 November 2016 at 05:25, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > > I finally got that motor out, but I've no clue how old it is. Rated at > 3/4 horse, I've seen 15 horse Ajax motors on a water pump that were no > bigger.
Horses were bigger in the old days. Those old, oversized, low-powered motors are worth hanging on to. Might come in handy for a saw bench or something like that. They are likely to survive being dragged down onto the starting windings better than a modern motor. -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
