Hey everyone,
Hope you're all keeping busy with your scrap ventures. I recently bought a 75hp electric motor from a farmer that was cleaning out their field. Since I currently have the highest prices on scrap electric motors in town ($0.10/lb) I usually get a few calls every once in a while for big motors. Anyhow, I figured it would be interesting to document what it takes to have one of these units refurbished for selling. I know scrapping them could bring in a good amount of copper, but if a motor this size can sell for a few thousand dollars it may be worth selling vs. scrapping.
The pictures don't do justice to the size of this motor, but it's about 18" in diameter and about 3-4 feet long.
The first thing I did was make sure it spins freely and inspected the wiring:
I removed the back fan guard to remove all of the loose dirt/sand that was sitting in the bottom of it. Since it was sitting out in field there's quite a bit of it.
I've also cleaned the wiring area out of the random junk and wasp nests in there. The good news is that this unit passed the motor winding resistance test (not burned out) so we'll see what the rebuild shop says tomorrow about going through it to prep it for selling.
Current Investment: $120
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