The motor I got was from a HIVAC commercial guy here in Batesville, Arkansas. NOT exactly the metropolis of the south! -:)

I only stripped the "brain" off the back, which has some nice parts and is a big aluminum heatsink, major plus. Has 1 big rectifier. Unhooked all the blade connectors from the motor to the board and seperated. I stripped an inch off the 3 main wires from motor and tested the resistance at 12.7 ohms per phase. I don't know what the other 2 smaller wires are for. Spun the shaft like a boyscout fire starting deal. That's it.

I would like some advice Jerry on how you rectify? Also the hub sounds cool! 1/2" keyed, setscrew on flat??? Gimmie!

Anyway, the HIVAC tech said he threw 4 of these into the dumpster last week! ARGH. He got excited when I told him what I was doing with this thing, now I have to build him one, but I get all the rest he can find. OH MY GOD!!! I"VE INFECTED ANOTHER!!!

Most people are replacing the motor with an induction type AC motor when the brain goes bad. The fact that 6 months of living in humidityville is coming he expects to see several more this year. I've called a few of the places as far away as Memphis and have these dudes lookin' out for more. Trane AC/furnace systems used these, not sure of models.

The web site recently posted here about the arch segment magnets might turn of these sweeties into ugly little elctricity makers. They do have N-S pole selection and the price seems ok.