Electric Outboard Motor from Washing Machine

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TinMan

Electric Outboard Motor from Washing Machine « on: 2019-04-13, 06:27:45 »

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Just a fun little project i thought i would share.

Here i am using the rotor and stator from a Fisher & Paykel washing machine as the main parts of the motor.
The rest i had to make--bearing hub,shaft ETC.

This will be a !!free energy!! motor ,as the boat will have solar panels on board

So we will be cruising up the river with no cost in fuel

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Anyway,here is part 1 of the project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93lmbUHOZwo

Brad

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TinMan

Re: Electric Outboard Motor from Washing Machine « Reply #1 on: 2019-04-13, 06:32:13 »

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This is part 2 of the build.

Here i run through the rewire that has to be done on the stator so as we can run this 3 phase motor on 12 volts.

We also get to see it run for the first time.
As you will see,the rotor is not quite true.
I think it may have been bent when thrown into the scrap bin where i retrieved it from.
It did have a lot of other heavy things sitting on top of it,so i had some digging to get to the rotor.
But im sure i can straighten it up so as it is close to true.

This motor is low RPM,but it has a lot of torque

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBsF8iLGH4c

Brad

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Centraflow

Re: Electric Outboard Motor from Washing Machine « Reply #2 on: 2019-04-13, 13:00:56 »

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Only you could turn a washing machine into an outboard motor

Well done

Regards

Mike

« Last Edit: 2019-04-13, 18:46:43 by Centraflow »

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TinMan	Re: Electric Outboard Motor from Washing Machine « Reply #3 on: 2019-04-14, 00:35:26 »
Group: Elite Experimentalist Hero Member Posts: 5677	Here is part 3 of the build. Seems we are very low on RPM ,so a prop reconfiguration is required here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi9FCIb0Meg Brad --------------------------- Never let your schooling get in the way of your education.