Hi Jim, I would love to have the two large series motors but I am afraid shipping cost would exceed my interest. That said, if you find someone that is interested in them and need a shipper I would recommend "Engines Direct" if you have a branch near you. I found them a couple months ago and they have been awesome for shipping large/heavy items. Also "U-ship" if you are willing to do the leg work. Good luck, Dach.
________________________________ From: Jim Phillips <[email protected]> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 6, 2013 8:57 PM Subject: Re: [EVDL] Old GE 9" motor source ideas? Hey, I have most of the electrical goodies out of two 36v Caterpillar forklifts. Including the huge series drive motors (14" 240 lbs ??) and the hydraulic pump motors which seem to be compound wound (series AND shunt). I don't know what to do with these. My health won't support any heavy or long term projects, and I am partial to AC induction motors anyway. I'm kind of just looking for a good home for them. They are pretty dirty but I think functional. I am in Iowa, if anyone is interested e-mail me and we can see what to do. Jim Phillips On 3/5/2013 5:59 PM, Cor van de Water wrote: > Jim Husted? > Or scout local "Craigslist" for scrap forklifts? > Or visit a forklift maintenance place to see if > they have a used motor for sale? > Possibly EV tradin Post? > > Cor van de Water > Chief Scientist > Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com > Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.info > Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of J Bills > Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2013 3:41 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EVDL] Old GE 9" motor source ideas? > > Hi all - in the midst of an Electravan reboot project and have found out > that the armature is fried on the current motor. Had hoped it was just > a > brush replacement but oh wow, you should have seen the windings and junk > falling out from the bell housing when we pulled it apart. > > Would ideally like to attempt to source one of these old motors before > looking into a Warp 9 or other modern replacement, since the adapter > plate > and everything is still perfectly usable. And it wasn't a half bad > motor, > when not abused! > > Does anyone have any ideas for where one of these old beasts might be > sitting around? Or contacts that might know? > > It's model no 5BT1346B38 > > apparently GE donated quite a few to schools and universities for > research > projects, in addition to it's duty as a forklift motor or whatever it > was. > > Thanks for any tips. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20130307/3128c55b/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
