Flywheel

Body

Hi everyoneI have been shuffling belts and pulleys, gearing down the 3400 rpm 1 horsepower, single phase ,120 volt, 60 hz motor. It kept blowing breakers during that very grueling start up.I kept sizing up the pulleys on the flywheel shaf, requiring trips into town to change, and fortunately, exchange, vee belts at the Canadian Tire store, until I got this present one, which I fitted this morning.I put it on, then noticed the breaker was off, thanks to the neon light in the end of the extension cord being off.I had to go to another shed to flip the breaker.. By the time I got back to the stone barn, the wheel was up and running like a good thing, as I had left the switch on. The motor was up to full speed but the flywheel could get a few more revs, so I cranked the motor mount tighter, and that did the trick, using the Lovejoy sliding motor mount.The whole rig started to jump around on the floor, so I had to shut things down, take off the belts, and set the flywheel turning by hand, and coast to a stop.By noting where it stopped each time, I was able to see where it needed weight.I made the mounting bolts extra long, for mounting the hub to the flywheel so a threaded section stuck out beyond the wheel hub.I was able to put a 1/2" NC nut on the high stud and it seems to be very random where it stops now.Next after removing the c clamps and vice grips holding everything down, and fastening it all properly, the generator must be addressed.That means using a terminal board, and testing of all the wires, again, and figuring how to power the rotor core safely, to find out what this baby can do while spinning at speed.Cheers Warren
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