June 2012
I’m considering converting an old car with manual steering to electric. However, DC motors about 10 HP or more are expensive. I saw that the Northern Tool catalog has a 10 kw generator head with brushless technology (Item 165928). Is this a 13 HP brushless DC motor I could modify?
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You can ask the expert at Northern Tool, but I am sure he will tell you that this is a single phase, 220 VAC generator and cannot be used as a motor. A three-phase generator could possibly be used as a motor, but 60 Hz machines don't like to be run at other frequencies so variable speed would be a problem. You would need a clutch and transmission.
