Thread: Looking for electric motor...

Hi Rob,

I just purchased a motor for my soon to be delivered cyclone.

The motor that I got came from Royce Cross. The link below looks like what your looking for.

http://www.roycecross.com.au/product...iable&Variable[ProductCodeID]=SB2CRXM

I ordered from the web site...got delivered in two days.

The technical sale guy was also fairley helpfull.

Hope that helps

Rowan.

Ok I needed a 2 horse for a drum sander I built and bought one on Ebay. It was Chinese and I believe it may be 3 phase modified to work on single phase. Now Im an electronics tech but this had me baffled what I thought was the starter capacitor failed. I took it out and it was marked 500uF200V took out and it rattled. I pulled it apart and in there were 2 X 220uF250V electrolytics hooked together which had fallen apart. Fixed that and it worked again till I put a bit too much pressure on, and the capacitor blew up. Now I have fitted 2 X 470uF400V and some steering diodes and its back in business. Reason for the story is if you dont undestand the above dont buy new motors from China. And to be honest I dont understand how it worked in the first place.

Thanks Misterwippy,

i did see their site on my travels but the largest motor on the list with a 19mm shaft is 1.5hp. The 2hp is a 24mm shaft and i dont want to have to get a new pulley. I will give them a call tomorrow and see what they can do for me.

I hear ya rrobor, I will be trying to buy quality, as much as one can estimate that these days.

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Originally Posted by jaguarrh

Anybody got any good tips for suppliers?

Royce Cross.

I bought one of their 3HP 90L frame motors. It's capacitor start / capacitor run which means it it draws less than 10 AMPS when starting. Super quiet, cheap at $300 delivered to Melbourne the next day.

Highly recommend.

If you are wanting to source a supplier of electric motors you could contact Austin Electric Motor Repairs, John St Lidcombe NSW.

Good advice, experts in the field and very helpful.

PEN

ok, so I called Royce Cross and they can sort me out for about $340. Nice bloke

I called Suann rewinds in Caringbah on the advice of Mini and he says he has got what I want for $180-$200, although he didn't instill confidence he was so flippant.

Thanks for the lead on Austin Electric Motors, PEN, I will check them out tomorrow.

I love this forum when it comes to getting help and info

Rob

Oh and I checked a local motor vendor in Wollongong and he wanted $500 for a similar motor

Crikey!

Hare and Forbes have some of their electric motors on special for August, a 2.5hp 2880 RPM 19mm shaft is $165 + GST.

https://www.machineryhouse.com.au/Pr...stockCode=E084

whoa, great price bigshed, thanks for that.

Rob

Hi Jaquarrh

Have you purchased a motor yet, ?

If not, I have a S/H Single Phase Motor that came as a spare with a Bench Saw I purchased a while ago, It runs at 2860RPM, and the drive sharft extends out both ends of the motor, but I will need to check the shaft diameter and the motor's horsepower.

I was thinking of selling it for $ 125.00

Let me know if you are interested and I will measure the shaft and see if I can determing it's power rating,

Thanks and regards
dansplinters

If you haven't found your motor yet you could try these guys - Trojan Electric. Their warehouse is located near where I live, pretty helpful bunch. I had a look on their site, I think it must be a newie because its not finished yet but found the motor you're looking for:

1.5 kW, 2 Pole, Single Phase Electric Motor - Trojan Electric

Good luck!

Thanks for the thought folks but I found a motor.