Re: Water resistant motor

From: Genome (genome_at_nothere.net)
Date: 10/03/04 

Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2004 21:02:26 GMT

"John Woodgate" <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> wrote in message
news:VHjgH3N5OGYBFwdi@jmwa.demon.co.uk...
| I read in sci.electronics.design that Frank Bemelman <f.bemelmanx@xs4all
| .invalid.nl> wrote (in <4160593d$0$43451$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>) about
| 'Water resistant motor', on Sun, 3 Oct 2004:
| >"John Woodgate" <jmw@jmwa.demon.contraspam.yuk> schreef in bericht
| >news:nVEMzOLkSFYBFwrZ@jmwa.demon.co.uk...
| >> I read in sci.electronics.design that AA Institute
| >> <abdul.ahad@ntlworld.com> wrote (in
<adbf5bc1.0410031012.181b6b1b@postin
| >> g.google.com>) about 'Water resistant motor', on Sun, 3 Oct 2004:
| >>
| >> >The motors of this type sold in Maplin (UK) are not water-proof, and
| >> >when the stirring platform takes a dive into the water during a rain
| >> >storm, the motor just ceases up and rusts. Budget... a couple of
pounds!
| >>
| >> You can get a plastic box rated IP66 or better from Farnell for a pound
| >> or three. Put your motor in it and make your float such that the motor
| >> is 150 mm above the water. The motor spindle can be 150 mm long with
| >> little problem, especially if you fit a simple guide, not a precision
| >> bearing, at the watery end.
| >
| >Or peanut butter jars. IP67 and cheaper ;)
| >
| The lids go rusty.
| --
| Regards, John Woodgate, OOO - Own Opinions Only.
| The good news is that nothing is compulsory.
| The bad news is that everything is prohibited.
| http://www.jmwa.demon.co.uk Also see http://www.isce.org.uk

Buy ones with plastic lids...... silly!

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