Seth wrote:
>
> Wow, rewinding your own tractor AC motor, I definitely want to hear/see
> more about this.
>
> Seth
>
> The motor rewinder found it in his junk box because a bearing
> > failed and the motor burned up. I had him rewind it with 1/10
> > the number of turns (cost $250). That made it 22/44 volt motor.
> > It is used in the 44 volt configuration.
Actually it was no problem at all. I guess, since the old motor
was Baldor and he was a Baldor dealer (or do all motor rewinders
have these sheets?), he had work sheets which told him exactly
how the old motor was wound. OK, it wasn't quite that simple
because the windings hardly had 10 turns to start with, so we had
to rewire the windings in parallel instead of in series. But
still, I ended with a practically new custom AC motor for less
than the cost of a DC motor :-) I regret that I didn't get a
copy of the paper work he used.
Jim Phillips
AC lawn tractor
