OK, data to report.
This is with BOTH motors connected to a standard motor as generator.
Standard motor 12,204 rpm at .82 amps and 12.3 volts
When the generator was put under load the amp usage jumped to 1.4 and the rpms dropped to 10,200 (That's a 58% increase in amp draw)
Generator output 7.2 volts at 7 amps under load of Sylvania 211-2 bulb attached to generator.
Modified motor 14862 rpm at 1.9 amps and 12.3 volts
Output from modified motor (not the generator) was 5.6 volts (not under load) and never got to measure amps.
When I applied the same light bulb as a load on the generator with the modified motor running it, the primary (modified) motor went up in smoke. As you will note on the package of the unmodified motor, the max amps for this little motor are 1.98 and I was at 1.9 without a load on the generator. When I applied a load, poof. One modified motor up in smoke. Since the standard motor had a 58% amp draw increase when the load was added to the generator, we COULD hypothesize that a 58% increase in amp draw (which would bring it up to 3 amps) is what smoked the motor, but I am not going to deal in conjecture while trying to accumulate data. I could also hypothesize that I shorted a wire, I wound the motor incorrectly, or any number of other issues.
I WANT to assume that POSSIBLY I did something wrong in the construction of my modified motor, therefore I will be testing another one as soon as I have it together.
These are not my opinions. These are the facts. I am doing my very best to accurately test what we have here and I hope some of you will do the same.
This is with BOTH motors connected to a standard motor as generator.
Standard motor 12,204 rpm at .82 amps and 12.3 volts
When the generator was put under load the amp usage jumped to 1.4 and the rpms dropped to 10,200 (That's a 58% increase in amp draw)
Generator output 7.2 volts at 7 amps under load of Sylvania 211-2 bulb attached to generator.
Modified motor 14862 rpm at 1.9 amps and 12.3 volts
Output from modified motor (not the generator) was 5.6 volts (not under load) and never got to measure amps.
When I applied the same light bulb as a load on the generator with the modified motor running it, the primary (modified) motor went up in smoke. As you will note on the package of the unmodified motor, the max amps for this little motor are 1.98 and I was at 1.9 without a load on the generator. When I applied a load, poof. One modified motor up in smoke. Since the standard motor had a 58% amp draw increase when the load was added to the generator, we COULD hypothesize that a 58% increase in amp draw (which would bring it up to 3 amps) is what smoked the motor, but I am not going to deal in conjecture while trying to accumulate data. I could also hypothesize that I shorted a wire, I wound the motor incorrectly, or any number of other issues.
I WANT to assume that POSSIBLY I did something wrong in the construction of my modified motor, therefore I will be testing another one as soon as I have it together.
These are not my opinions. These are the facts. I am doing my very best to accurately test what we have here and I hope some of you will do the same.
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