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Spehro Pefhany Spehro Pefhany is offline
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Default Brushless and not dusty (brushless DC motors)

On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:55:19 -0500, the renowned Louis Ohland
wrote:

Ever in search of the most extravagant way to do something (followed
by - They want HOW much?) I've been looking for a 1HP brushless DC
motor... Anyone have leads on such a mythical beast? There is one brand
I know of, the PowerTec, but they come big....


Baldor has some nice ones up to 3HP, but probably not cheap.

http://www.baldor.com/products/servo..._brushless.asp

You know you need a special drive for them, right (not a regular SCR
drive intended for DC motors). The commutation is done externally and
electronically.



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Spehro Pefhany
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