mjk
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 20, 2005
- Location
- Wilmington DE USA
I acquired a small sharpener that is basically a dual shaft motor with a grinding wheel on one end and a small gear drive (200/1 ratio) on the other side.
probably from the late 50's made in Germany.
The specs on the motor tag are 3340rpm 160w 1.35a 110v (or 220v)
manufactured by: PFALZ-ELEKTRA KAISERSLAUTERN Typ DG90-60K
I purchased knowing it had a starting issue which I was hoping was the start capacitor.
The means of starting are with a dual pole/2 sided switch with 1 side being momentary on to energize the start capacitor and the other a held position to energize the rest of the motor circuit, including a run capacitor.
When I received it in fact I could get it going by manually spinning the wheel and turning the switch on.
Doing a rough calculation (Google search for charts), I estimated a start capacitor rating of 35/45 mfd should be good.
I had a 56-67 mfd start capacitor and it will start the motor as its supposed to and the existing run capacitor allows the motor to maintain speed.
Both the original start and run capacitors are non labeled and have wires that look about ready to fall apart.
The start capacitor sizing doesn't worry me to much as the momentary possible over sizing shouldn't be a problem.
The motor also has a substantial resetable thermal overload
I'd like to replace the run capacitor with a properly sized one, so I'm looking for that brainchild that can prove how valuable this site is.
I came up with converted to 0.217 hp with a run capacitor value of 7.5mfd(interpolated from a chart)
Mike
probably from the late 50's made in Germany.
The specs on the motor tag are 3340rpm 160w 1.35a 110v (or 220v)
manufactured by: PFALZ-ELEKTRA KAISERSLAUTERN Typ DG90-60K
I purchased knowing it had a starting issue which I was hoping was the start capacitor.
The means of starting are with a dual pole/2 sided switch with 1 side being momentary on to energize the start capacitor and the other a held position to energize the rest of the motor circuit, including a run capacitor.
When I received it in fact I could get it going by manually spinning the wheel and turning the switch on.
Doing a rough calculation (Google search for charts), I estimated a start capacitor rating of 35/45 mfd should be good.
I had a 56-67 mfd start capacitor and it will start the motor as its supposed to and the existing run capacitor allows the motor to maintain speed.
Both the original start and run capacitors are non labeled and have wires that look about ready to fall apart.
The start capacitor sizing doesn't worry me to much as the momentary possible over sizing shouldn't be a problem.
The motor also has a substantial resetable thermal overload
I'd like to replace the run capacitor with a properly sized one, so I'm looking for that brainchild that can prove how valuable this site is.
I came up with converted to 0.217 hp with a run capacitor value of 7.5mfd(interpolated from a chart)
Mike