I have a treadmill motor PMDC Motor C3364B3608 (2.80 HP @ 130 VDC / 2089 WATTS 1.75 CONT. DUTY @ 100 VDC 1305 WATTS).
I want to use it to make my daughter a pottery wheel.
Here is my plan & I would like to get some input (especially about whether or not what I am doing is safe).
So far, I have put a transformer that dropped the voltage down to 12 / 24 volts depending on how I wire it. I wired it for 24.
Next, I have a bridge rectifier converting to DC. This seems to be turning the motor quite well. One thing I am concerned about though is that I don't know how it will do under a load.
My questions are:
1. Is this safe?
2. Is there more I need to do; is there a better way to do it?
3. So far as a load goes, I can use pulleys to increase the torque. Is this the best way/only way?
As you can probably tell by my questions and wording, I am very much a novice tinkerer. I just "learned" last night about bridge rectifiers. I was really suprised when I hooked all this up & it actually worked.
Anyway, any help or advice anyone can give me (preferably in layman terms) would be much appreciated.
Thank you all & Merry Christmas!
David
I want to use it to make my daughter a pottery wheel.
Here is my plan & I would like to get some input (especially about whether or not what I am doing is safe).
So far, I have put a transformer that dropped the voltage down to 12 / 24 volts depending on how I wire it. I wired it for 24.
Next, I have a bridge rectifier converting to DC. This seems to be turning the motor quite well. One thing I am concerned about though is that I don't know how it will do under a load.
My questions are:
1. Is this safe?
2. Is there more I need to do; is there a better way to do it?
3. So far as a load goes, I can use pulleys to increase the torque. Is this the best way/only way?
As you can probably tell by my questions and wording, I am very much a novice tinkerer. I just "learned" last night about bridge rectifiers. I was really suprised when I hooked all this up & it actually worked.
Anyway, any help or advice anyone can give me (preferably in layman terms) would be much appreciated.
Thank you all & Merry Christmas!
David