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Bob F

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Sat, 5 Feb 2011 09:54:45 -0800, "Bob F"
wrote:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:

The motor is air cooled, so irrelevent. Air cooled motors are
much cheaper than water cooled. Water cooling is only used where
ther is no air or the air is very hot. Even then, oil cooling is
preferable but even more expensive.

Wrong, as usual. Water does cool the motor so it can be made
*cheaper*.

The disposals I've worked on had no sign of water cooling. No water
got any further than the end of the shaft beyond the bearing.

Why do you assume that it needs to?

IF it's going to cool the motor any significant amount, it would have to. Maybe
it could cool the rotor a tiny bit, but it would have no effect on the outer
coils. Certainly not what is refered to as water cooling.