On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 11:59:06 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 27/08/2012 10:39, Bob Eager wrote:
On Mon, 27 Aug 2012 10:19:20 +0100, The Medway Handyman wrote:

On 26/08/2012 22:35, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:19:56 -0700, Halmyre wrote:

On Aug 26, 4:30 pm, 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.

I'd also be interested to know just what the label is telling me,
and how to work out how to wire it up[2] to get it to work.

[1] The 'u' of 10uF is actually a Greek mu - presumably for
micro-Farad

[2] i.e. which wire does what, and where to put the external 8uF
capacitor [3]

[3] I did try to trace the wiring when I dismantled it, but the
harness was such a tangled rat's nest that it proved to be beyond
me!

Sinclair C5.

Robot Wars.


Can you imagine a UK.D-I-Y robot?

Main weapon would just have to be an angle grinder :-)

Secondary weapons: destroy tyre traction with WD40 spray
and inject car body filler into the works



Aha! So you admit WD40 is a lubricant!!!

No, it just makes things slippery for a short time, so it doesn't
inconvenience the attacker!

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