Recent content by Baffledron

Thanks Geoff for finding that out, much appreciated. That's about as much as I'd found out myself. You would have thought that there would be literature and drawings somewhere...good idea try the local archives! Many thanks again. Ron

Hi, The mill, well I know very little about it. It's made by a firm called Dening (Chard in Somerset), it's a roller mill for rolling cereals (eg. porridge oats). You load the grain into the hopper and its squashed between the rollers. The serial number contains 1965 which makes me think it...

Brilliant, we're getting somewhere...thanks. Yesterday I measured the winding resistance using my general purpose multimeter, it's not an Avo but it is good enough to give a rough idea of the values. Sketch of what I found out as attachment below. Definitely single phase with split phase...

Interesting...there are 8 wires at the motor terminal block. If it's 3 phase, what are they for? If it is single phase then what are they for? It would be good if we could establish whether it is single or 3 phase. Ron

Hi and thanks, Attached is a photo of the isolator/DOL (as I got it). Also attached is a photo of the motor terminals showing the 8 wires which come from the inside of the motor. Each wire has a label on it, some are a bit faded, these I've shown with the yellow lines. The terminal numbers are...

Hi, Whoever disconected the machine had left a length of T&E going to the isolator box. The connections to the terminal box of the motor (see photos) are just 2 wires (red and black). Presumably it was a single phase installation by the person who wired it up in its previous location. The...

Hi, Recently I bought a on old grain mill (c.1960) as a restoration project. The mill itself just needs a clean up and a couple of bearings to be replaced. It's run from an old Newman electric motor, I'm guessing from its size (500mm overall length and weighs a ton) that it's about 5hp or...