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Gerald Miller Gerald Miller is offline
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Default Fashioning a heat sink for a DC motor

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:07:26 -0400, "Wild_Bill"
wrote:

You might try to find a small centrifugal blower to establish some positive
pressure in airflow, which can be directed into one end of the motor (with
some flexible tubing).

Fans don't push much air when a restriction is encountered (the interior of
the motor case, or being piped to another location).

A small AC motor blower that doesn't have the blower motor in the air intake
stream, so as to not add heat to the cooling air, will potentially provide
years of service with only some routine cleaning to remove dust.

Dayton, among other manufacturers, make small blowers that will be
well-suited for the purpose of cooling small motors.

The only additional feature that one of these small blowers might need,
would be to add a screened cover for the air intake to reduce the chances
that big pieces of debris from entering the intake.

Second hand range hoods are often replaced rather than cleaned up, and
can be picked up at the curb or bought for a couple bucks at yard
sales.
Gerry :-)}
London, Canada