Re: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing
I should have added, they are capacitor start motors. On 10/16/05, Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've done some research since yesterday, it appears that there aren't many TEFC motors below 1/4 hp - not affordable ones anyway. I found a 1/4 hp Grizzly TEFC motors on Amazon.com and you can also order them direct through Grizzly.com. Its $65 new through both. Seems like Grizzly designs or sources them for woodworking applications but, far as I can tell TEFC is TEFC. Take care, Ken On 10/15/05, francisco j burgos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mr. Dunn: certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or calculations. Hope some body can share info... Yours truly, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original Message - From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes based on processing capacity? Take care, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing
I've done some research since yesterday, it appears that there aren't many TEFC motors below 1/4 hp - not affordable ones anyway. I found a 1/4 hp Grizzly TEFC motors on Amazon.com and you can also order them direct through Grizzly.com. Its $65 new through both. Seems like Grizzly designs or sources them for woodworking applications but, far as I can tell TEFC is TEFC. Take care, Ken On 10/15/05, francisco j burgos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Mr. Dunn: certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or calculations. Hope some body can share info... Yours truly, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original Message - From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes based on processing capacity? Take care, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
[Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing
Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes based on processing capacity? Take care, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
Re: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing
Dear Mr. Dunn: certainly you are not the only one that can make good use of such tables or calculations. Hope some body can share info... Yours truly, Mr. F.J. Burgos - Original Message - From: Ken Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 2:21 PM Subject: [Biofuel] TEFC Electric Motor Sizing Hi all, Still gathering my parts for my processor. I found a 1 inch clear water pump that I'm going to use only for transferring the oil. I don't know if anyone has a Habitat for Humanity store near them but, they always have a bunch of motors and pumps at the one near me. Unfortunately, I can't find any used TEFC motors. I've resigned to buying a new TEFC motor for my stir processor. I'm going to be using a 55 gallon drum as my reactor. Looking at some of Todd Swearingen's diagrams and others, I think I should be able to get away with a 1/4 HP motor. A 1/3 HP motor is available locally but, I don't want to waste any energy or money. Anyone have any guidelines on motor sizes based on processing capacity? Take care, Ken ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ ___ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
