[modeleng] Re: Electric Motors

I to am baffled by electricity, ohms, amps etc. If a gadget stops I check
the fuse then the connections, if that doesn't cure it  I buy a new one.
This didn't stop me wiring our house but an electrician did show me where to
stick the wires.

E.W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 3:34 PM
Subject: [modeleng] Re: Electric Motors


> Sounds great as a topic!  However, I think you'd be
> better off to scrounge a used DC motor out of a golf
> cart or a powered wheel chair.  As to whether or not
> an alternator can be converted, I do not know as
> "electrics" are beyond my ken.
>
> Al Messer
>
>
> --- georgecoles <georgecoles@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > Does anyone know if a car alternator can be modified
> > to a motor.
> > I'm looking for something cheap for a small 10.25
> > inch gauge loco (if you can have such a thing), and
> > I thought of using an old car dynamo, but
> > alternators are the standard fitting these days, so
> > easier to get hold of!
> > Al,  how about that for a new topic?
> >
> > Regards
> > George Coles
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