Re: (ET) corded blowers

["Darryl McMahon" <darryl econogics com>]

Hi Neil,

the radiator fan motors are typically rated at 200-300 watts, not 
especially 
torquy, so I expect they won't have the oomph I'm looking for.  I was 
considering a 
surplus furnace fan motor 2/3 hp as a corded version, but again, I doubt 
it has the 
power to get the job done.

Something like a 240-volt AC air compressor motor would probably have the 
torque 
and power to do the job, though the cording would probably become 
cumbersome.  My 
mom does have a welder plug in the garage (from my days there), so access 
would not 
be a problem.

I have seen a Toro unit advertised as being able to handle up to 10 inches 
of snow. 
That would be a big advance over the Sunbeams I had some experience with 
in the 
past, where 3 inches was pretty much the limit to effective operation.

Having weaned my mother off gas mowers, she has become a real advocate of 
corded 
electric mowers, and that has saved me a lot of maintenance trips.  I'd 
like to 
accomplish the same with an electric snowblower.  It doesn't have to 
handle 
blizzards (the neighbours with their 10 hp gas blower can deal with that a 
couple 
of times a season), but does have to deal with the mound of snow left at 
the end of 
the driveway by the roadplow.

Corded has the attraction that I would not have to rely on her remembering 
to 
charge batteries.  

Hmmmm, maybe an E10 with a 36-inch blower...ah well, it's nice to dream.  
Or a JD 
E90 with some kind of custom front-end - like two of those Toro corded 
units side-
by-side with a 36-volt DC motor driving them.  Sorry, gotta get back to 
reality.

Darryl McMahon

Date sent:              Wed, 31 Dec 2003 13:15:17 -0500
From:                   wombat <wombat dssinternet net>
To:                     elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
Subject:                (ET) corded blowers

> Afternoon, Daryl:  I've used a couple of the "powershovels",  they are
> small (16") single stage jobbers, work well for light snow - also used to
> use them to dig down to the mailbox when we got snow (not like now) as it
> was easy to climb to the top of the pile and cut downword.
> 
> Just a thoughtr, how about something like the motors cars use for 
> radiator fans ?  Too small, maybe ?
> 
> wombat
> 
> 
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