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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Hey guys,
After burnig out a number of 12V AC adapters, a friend suggested using old old computers power supply. I hooked it up to the motor I use on my drying wheel today and the RMP's seem perfect. I use an old electric seat motor from a car which unfortunately seems to draw more power than my standard 12V adapters could give.
So far so good with the new power supply. |
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| snax. why not a rotessire motor? |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | woodieb8 - 3/25/2007 8:08 PM
snax. why not a rotessire motor?
I tried it with several different ones but none were powerful enough to work properly with my set up. I will likely revamp the design again to shave off some weight. My original set up turned the baits as they were suspended from strong springs attached to aluminum disks at either end of the axle.
This turned the baits in a horizontal orientation but I found that I got too many unevenly coated baits so I changed it to rotate them end over end but used the same framework as the original. Hard to visualize but I can spin the original axle and disks to give me access to the baits and it also rotates on the other axis to give the end over end rotation. I will have to snap couple of pics and post them. It's a neat set up and works well, just that my 12V ac adaptors keep dying on me.
Edited by Musky Snax 3/25/2007 7:18 PM
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | When I did try the rotissere motors I also found that they would reach a certain point in the rotation then they would skip ahead a little which caused uneven coats over time. I'm going to redesign it soon and shave weight like I said and then it should be ok. |
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| If you burn this one down snax you may wanna consider a 120v motor with a gear drive sorta like a rotisserie but with a bit more motor
http://www.baproducts.com/asccustompages/products.asp?ProductID=307...
This is probably the best way to go if a rotisserie is under driven, do a 2:1 V-Belt for 4.7 RPM or what ever you want for rotation, depending on pulley size, just remember that gear drives and belt drive pulley and tooth # are directly proportional to RPM when your calculating the optimum rotation.
http://www.emotorstore.com/productdetail.asp_Q_catID_E_31_A_subCatI...
Edited by Muskiefool 3/25/2007 8:38 PM
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Location: Hastings, mn, 55033 | "When I did try the rotissere motors I also found that they would reach a certain point in the rotation then they would skip ahead a little which caused uneven coats over time."
snax,
i've noticed this happening when i dont have the wheel loaded evenly. if the weight isnt distributed even it will slow on the part of the cycle when the heavier side is going up, and then "jump" when the heavier part starts down the other side.
shouldnt have that problem as much when turning on a vertical axis. |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Thanks a lot for your input guys.  |
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| I am using a large gear reduced 110 motor reduced again by belt and pullys to around 8 to 1 . Works great but I have to watch the weather, if there is any chance of storm I dont clearcoat for fear of of loss of power. I have no back up power like 12 volt and I have lost a few batches durring storms. Other than that it works great and has been running for three years now.....Doug Bradley |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | I am also using some pulleys and a belt and may go the 110 volt motor route if this latest idea fizzles out. I'm wondering if the extention cord I'm running it from is not a heavy enough guage and that is causing the adapters to burn out. Does that sound feasable? |
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Location: WV | check out item number 190095982797 on ebay
3 rpm gear reduction motor, will turn mass quantities of baits, jw
gotta run fan on it, gets hot, but guy said this normal............
Edited by willeysbucktails 3/27/2007 4:20 PM
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Thanks again.
So far this computer power seems to be working well and it has a cooling fan also. I'm pretty sure that the adapters I was using didn't have enough amperage and would burn out. |
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power supply idea for drying wheels