Good Test
Dear EMFIMP, and everyone else,
Thanks for running the test and clearing this up with your drawings and pics. There are a couple of things I'd like to comment on here. First, and this is for everyone, DON'T RUN a system like this without the pick-up brushes in place. You will BURN the commutator in very short order (a few minutes). You can clean it up with strips of 250, followed by 400 grit emery cloth, but the best thing to do is BE PATIENT and not run it until it is complete.
Second, in the case of your motor, the windings in "parallel" will partially discharge into each other, lowering your recovery. So, you will want to wire them in series in the final set-up. Also, you have shown that the windings "could" be in adjacent slots. I have been suggesting to have them all in just one slot per side, with half of the windings on each side of the shaft.
Keep up the great work!!
Peter
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Thanks for running the test and clearing this up with your drawings and pics. There are a couple of things I'd like to comment on here. First, and this is for everyone, DON'T RUN a system like this without the pick-up brushes in place. You will BURN the commutator in very short order (a few minutes). You can clean it up with strips of 250, followed by 400 grit emery cloth, but the best thing to do is BE PATIENT and not run it until it is complete.
Second, in the case of your motor, the windings in "parallel" will partially discharge into each other, lowering your recovery. So, you will want to wire them in series in the final set-up. Also, you have shown that the windings "could" be in adjacent slots. I have been suggesting to have them all in just one slot per side, with half of the windings on each side of the shaft.
Keep up the great work!!
Peter
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