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On Monday, June 30, 2014 1:11:34 AM UTC+1, wrote:
On Sunday, August 26, 2012 4:30:52 PM UTC+1, Roger Mills wrote:
Having recently scrapped my 30-year-old Zanussi washing machine, I
stripped it for potentially re-usable parts.
The part with the greatest potential is the motor, but I've no
idea what
to use it for!
It's a hefty beast, with a centrifugal clutch inside its pulley.
It had
no fewer than eight wires connected to it - presumably for selecting
the
various speeds, and for going into reverse when agitating the
washing.
The label on the motor says the following:
ZEM 20571033
CEI107/10-IEC 335
4A 260W 2780 RPM
3A 180W 1380 RPM 8/10uF 400VL [1]
1.1A 95W 900 RPM 8/10uF 450VL
Googling for the model number doesn't produce anything useful.
I'm looking for innovative suggestions of possible uses for this
beast.

Why not use the motor to power a project?

Yes, such as?

an anal probe for curing spammers?

See website idiotenterprises.

The metal shell also makes a good tool cupboard.

I cant think of a way to turn it into a good tool cupboard. Its not rigid
enough for much, and an inconvenient size. As spam goes this is pathetic.

Maybe you just gut the machine, leaving the door on the front, then chuck
things you hardly use through the door into the empty 'cabinet'
Or maybe turn it into a novelty cat bed

"Brian Gaff" wrote in message
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Yeess, often these things are so bespoke it is really pointless trying to
re utilise them.
I heard a good one the other day, apparently thedisc rotaion motors of cd
and DVD drives are being used by aero modellers for driving the props
round after suitable moods and a new driver circuit.

Good luck and I hope they don't fly apart on them lithium batteries they
seem to use nowadays.

We've been using CD motors on aircraft for the last decade or so, they were
the first cheap way to get a brushless motor in the hobby,

Nowadays you can buy ready made very powerfull brushless motors for peanuts
it's hardly worth the bother, tho they do get sold with kits where you
re-wind the motor to get a rev range and power suitable for a larger prop.


The li-po batteries going up in a ball of flames is a good special effect
for war birds, that's if you are re-creating being shot down and crashing

I've been using li-po batteries for about 10 years now, treat them with
respect and they are fine, and they are the biggest advance in model flight
for a long time, so much power in such a light weight package... to think
when i first got an electric model plane, it could hardly get off the ground
due to the weight of the ni-cads, flew 4 minutes then the batteries were
dead,

Nowadays i fly for half an hour on a li-po pack, and have to use lead
weights to adjust the COG, as the pack isn't heavy enough like the old
ni-cad packs were.

In article ,
"Brian Gaff" writes:
Yeess, often these things are so bespoke it is really pointless trying to re
utilise them.

For an older machine, they are just universal mains motors with
separate field and armature connections for reversing, and someones
an extra field winding for the extra power on top spin speed. Some
have a tachometer to feed back the speed if the machine is controlled
by a microcontroller.

*However*, these are always run with speed or power controllers, and
a load attached. If you try and spin one up without any speed control
and without a load, some will spin fast enough for the armature to
fly into pieces (rather explosively), so you should never do that.

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Andrew Gabriel
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In article ,
"Brian Gaff" writes:
Yeess, often these things are so bespoke it is really pointless trying to
re
utilise them.


*However*, these are always run with speed or power controllers, and
a load attached. If you try and spin one up without any speed control
and without a load, some will spin fast enough for the armature to
fly into pieces (rather explosively), so you should never do that.


Not to self. When washing machine dies try (from safe distance) running
motor up.

Mike

On 30/06/14 15:47, Andrew Gabriel wrote:
*However*, these are always run with speed or power controllers, and
a load attached. If you try and spin one up without any speed control
and without a load, some will spin fast enough for the armature to
fly into pieces (rather explosively), so you should never do that.

Rubbish


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