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Todd, Yep freight from OZ is aust post who are reasonable
compared to the rest. I am on "standard" freight from the US
whatever that is. Still have time to redesign the cushion drive
which is already done, now to get it made ---Sigh>
Did you not say you have an electric water pump?? If so a few
details please?? I have just taken Paul lamars figures and
thought no more about it -- until last night. 200 litres a
minutes (quoted) is way over kill. THe water would not have time
to collect any heat. THat is nearly 1 gallon US per second!!
Why? THe electric voulme is?? I would have thought that one
foot/ second, water speed is more realistic. Am I mad as usual?
Regards.
Ernest,
great idea. It doesn't matter now for me as it all worked out but
I certainly would've tried that approach if if thought of it.
Neil, I feel your pain. As a Canadian I too am subject to the
rise and fall of the dollar and have learned to play the
shipping game.
I am surprised about the shipping time to Oz though as I have
bought a few items from down under and shipping was fast.
My radio is an X-com which came from there and last winter
I sent it back for an update. It was there and back inside of 2
weeks including shop time. I also have a Davies Craig EWP and
last year I wanted to upgrade the electronic speed controller to
their new one so I actually got it on Australian Ebay new
including another pump as a spare at a great price and it was
here in a week.
Ebay.com now has a global shipping program that simplifies
exports for the seller and saves the buyer all the brokerage
fees, but it's slow and usually takes about 2 weeks for
shipments out of the US.
Amazon.ca Prime, on the other hand has it figured out. I
see that there is an Amazon.au but it seems that inventory
selection is lacking. But have heart because if it is like the
Canadian site, then you'll find that they will increase the
selection exponentially soon.
All part of Jeff Bezos plan for world domination, before
Google does it, or Apple, or Elon Musk......
Todd. Frequent shopper in Amazon's aviation department...
When I
did it, I went to a local repair shop and asked if
they had in damaged units that had been replaced.
Then I had a free sample to trial fit with.
Hi
Neil;
I can't confirm for certain but yes,
2.77" sounds about right.
After the flywheel and damper drive
modifications to increase clearance, I still
only had 1.43" to squeeze it in there, so
that is why I also shaved a little off of
both sides of the rotor cup and also
machined a shallow depression into the
backside of the psru backplate to allow
mounting the stator close to the plate and
still have clearance for the windings.
This link will show a pic of where I
measured the 1.43"
At a little over 1.5" before any
modifications to increase that room, then
you are much better off than I was when i
began.
When I decided to try it, I really had
no more than the desire & determination
to experiment and a "Hairy chested hero"
idea that I set down $400 at the local
Harley shop as a bet that I could make this
work, knowing also that I was modifying an
expensive PSRU, that is no longer available
for purchase. That gamble paid off for me
and I proved that it can be done.
So I would say that you gotta ask
yourself whether this is something that you
really want in your own installation and if
yes then put that money down on a single
rotor/stator and go to work to see if you
can make it work for yourself on your own
design.
Then if you are as happy with it as I
am with mine, you can figure out at what
cost you can offer it as an option.
If I were in your shoes I don't think
that I would go to the trouble if your only
motivation is to provide it as an option for
others. But if like I said, you want this
for yourself as well, then go for it and if
successful and affordable, then others can
have the option of one as well.
Todd
Todd,
From what I can
gather the ID of the stator is 2.77
inches. Does that sound correct? To
land a unit from the US or buy
in OZ , the cost is Pushing $375 AUD or
$285 USD. I have a little over
1.5 inches to mount in between the drive
and the plate. Do you remember
what space you had? Thanks, Neil.
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