Hello Bill,
The rated horsepower you will need, will depend on the depth and condition of the snow. It is best to compare the hp of a electric AC snow blower to what you may need. I am using a 3.5 hp 120 VAC 16 amps at full load blower that is 16 inches wide and cuts 12 inches high. The snow here in Great Falls, Montana is very lite and powdery, so it may take 8 amps or less. It takes less than a hour to do 250 feet of sidewalk and a 30 foot driveway. Instead of dragging 50, 100 and 150 foot No. 10 AWG power cords, I been thinking of using a AC to DC converter that we used to drive variable speed DC motors on large exhaust fans, lathes, and drill presses. Source of supply for variable speed controls and motors that I use Is from Dodge Power Transmission Components and Vari-Speed. Motor shops may be one source. Roland ----- Original Message ----- From: Bill Dennis via EV<mailto:[email protected]> To: 'Electric Vehicle Discussion List'<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2015 10:14 PM Subject: [EVDL] Electric Snowblower Conversion Combine a copious annual snowfall with a long steep driveway and you'll understand why I've got such a monster of a snow blower sitting in my garage (30 inches wide, 24 inches high, 8 horsepower engine). I'd like to go electric, but I've never seen an electric snow blower that large. Has anyone ever converted a gasoline snow blower to electric? My biggest areas of uncertainty up front are motor sizing and motor control. Thanks, Bill _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub<http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org<http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org> Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/<http://evdl.org/evln/> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/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/20151202/3e602cef/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
