bc_gold 208 #1 Posted 8 hours ago Motor belongs to me, I'm guessing 300 pounds, it's only 2 horse power. Check out the oil reservoir to keep the bearings lubed. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ri702bill 12,253 #2 Posted 4 hours ago It must double as a space heater too, drawing almost 40 AMPS at 110 volts! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adsm08 4,585 #3 Posted 3 hours ago Talk about your old iron. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill D 2,893 #4 Posted 2 hours ago (edited) I have a1/4 HP repulsion start motor. Interesting piece. Came off an old water pump in my parents house. Edited 2 hours ago by Bill D 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
953 nut 66,687 #5 Posted 57 minutes ago Those had far better starting torque than the capacitor start AC motors used today. With the rising cost of copper the likelihood of anyone making a repulsion motor today is slim to none. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh500special 2,413 #6 Posted 4 minutes ago That thing is a bruiser! Wagner was a local company here (St. Louis), and I know someone who worked there as an engineer for a brief time. My college had an annual reception where the recipients of named scholarships got to meet their benefactors, and we were matched. Elmer was an interesting guy. He worked at Wagner and had also worked at Anheuser-Busch where he headed up their effort to convert the entire brewery from DC to AC power. AB apparently treated him quite well, which remained their habit with their employees (but less so after their buyout by InBev). He didn't talk much about Wagner since it was a smaller part of his story, but he did remark something along the lines of their motors being "heavily overbuilt." I did a quick search for the history of Wagner and not all of what I found was glowing. Wagner Electric You uncover the neatest stuff. Steve Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
