Vikingimike01
Well-Known Member
Hey forum!
So the drum of our old (like 8 year old at most) washing machine broke. So I took the chance, and took the engine out.
It's a 365 watt, 120 volt, 1.6 amper engine. I wired it up, and connected the positive and negative to a small battery I got for my headlight on my 2 stroke motorized bike.
It ran. Pretty fast. But! No torque. Like at all. If I hold onto it, it's very easy to stop it. How can I increase torque? Keep in mind, this is a pretty old engine. Was thinking to make a generator like a wind or something out of it at first, but gave that idea up.
The battery was a small, like palm sized, cubic lead acid battery. 12 volts, 5.5 amper hours. Fully charged.
Do I need more of these 12 volt batteries, and then wire them up like that, or, should I get a bigger 12 volt battery, with more amper hours? Should I rewire with more windings, or thicker copper wire? There's like a centimeter of air gap that I can maybe use up (Not quite sure if theres a reason behind having that)
I was thinking of getting more smaller batteries to reach that 120 volts.
Thanks in advance!
So the drum of our old (like 8 year old at most) washing machine broke. So I took the chance, and took the engine out.
It's a 365 watt, 120 volt, 1.6 amper engine. I wired it up, and connected the positive and negative to a small battery I got for my headlight on my 2 stroke motorized bike.
It ran. Pretty fast. But! No torque. Like at all. If I hold onto it, it's very easy to stop it. How can I increase torque? Keep in mind, this is a pretty old engine. Was thinking to make a generator like a wind or something out of it at first, but gave that idea up.
The battery was a small, like palm sized, cubic lead acid battery. 12 volts, 5.5 amper hours. Fully charged.
Do I need more of these 12 volt batteries, and then wire them up like that, or, should I get a bigger 12 volt battery, with more amper hours? Should I rewire with more windings, or thicker copper wire? There's like a centimeter of air gap that I can maybe use up (Not quite sure if theres a reason behind having that)
I was thinking of getting more smaller batteries to reach that 120 volts.
Thanks in advance!