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While tearing the 'new' engine apart, I got to thinking about making the crank angle sensor into an electric power generator again. Using the rx8 CAS, would free up the spinning post from that duty.
So, I tore apart the distributor that came with my first engine, just to have a looksee of how it was put together. Nothing more than a shaft in a carrier with a gear pinned to the . It would be an extremely simple matter to attach a shaft to a PM motor and pin the gear to the end of it. I'd put the distributor housing in a lathe and turn off the top part, so that the motor would bolt on where that plate does.
I went further and started searching for a good candidate for the motor. There is a bunch of electric scooter motors on Ebay selling for less that $10 each. For example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=75210&item=7157958719&rd=1
These are 24V and rated for 2500 RPM. The voltage is wrong and the speed rating is a little low. There are some rated at 2750RPM, but I'd like to see 3000. 16A is plenty for a backup generator.
Bill, what do you think? Could you suggest a better candidate motor.
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This is by far the hardest lesson about freedom. It goes against
instinct, and morality, to just sit back and watch people make
mistakes. We want to help them, which means control them and their
decisions, but in doing so we actually hurt them (and ourselves)."
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