Terry,
I just went out and pulled the cover off the GE motor on the New Idea snowthrower for my I-5 ElecTrak to see if it was the same motor number as yours. It is. I have a letter from New Idea dated March 1, 1977, stating that the snow thrower and the rototiller both used the GE motor rated at 2 1/2 H.P. and operates at 3100 RPM. I had inquired this of them at the time because I was using one of the pm mower motors to run my orchard sprayer and it would kick off on hot days, due to the overload temp. switch opening. I was planning on using a larger motor to do it, but the snow thrower motor was a little large for the job, as it will out perform my neighbor's 16 horse wheelhorse thrower! I ended up using a HD mower motor for the job. They were a larger diameter and a little taller.
Hope this helps you. I'm not sure of the temperature rating, however I do know that my motor gets very warm when cleaning out over 200 feet of drifted driveway, even in very cold weather, but that's because of a 400% overload that a DC motor can sustain in heavy work! Warm weather would probably shut it down due to temp.
Gary Woodard
Kenton, Ohio
Darryl McMahon <darryl econogics com> wrote:
Cross-posting from EV Discussion List. Figure this group knows more about Elec-
Trak motors. Please reply to Terry Hinkelman Twin Lake, MI. n8jkr attbi com
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Help! I'm trying to electrify my fishing boat with a GE electric motor
which I removed from an Electrack snow blower attachment. My quest is for
specs on this motor; power, voltage¤t, rotation, max temp, etc. The
motor in question is a GE model 5BC 49 JB 142A Date code: LGN. It is
approx. 6.5 in.dia, 11.5 in. long. Completely enclosed, very heavy. Any
help is appreciated, Terry Hinkel! man Twin Lake, MI. n8jkr attbi com
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