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Question - where to find motors
« on: March 02, 2010, 09:52:10 AM »
Living in Iceland makes it difficult to find used motors and it's very expensive to ship things to Iceland. I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I could find a good motor for a wind generator, that is in what kind of machines / household appliances I'm I likely to find one?


Many thanks...

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Re: Question - where to find motors
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 10:52:39 AM »
The only 'common' item I can think of is brushed DC PM treadmill motors,

however very few are suitable.  The percentage of usable motors is small.


You may find something from a commercial conveyor system, possibly similar to a treadmill motor, or a very large servo motor.


Given the cost of everything else in the system (blades, tower, battery, wire, controls, inverter), US$45 shipping from the US is not so bad for something that works well.

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Re: Question - where to find motors
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2010, 06:35:22 AM »
Also, if you can not find something local, or someone who ships to Iceland, feel free to contact me.

I am selling off some of my extra motors.

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Re: Question - where to find motors
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2010, 01:41:25 PM »
It depends on how much power you are looking for and how fancy / creative you want to be.  As ghurd said, treadmill motors are nice if you can find one that puts out 12v at a lower rpm.  Maybe even large PM brushless DC motors, but they can be expensive.


Look closely at the trash and some day you will find something that is usable.

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