Motor for use as a generator on miniature traction engine

scale-steam · Feb 3, 2009

Hello everyone. I've joined this forum as I'm in need of some help from a sparky!

I'm building a 3" scale Fowler Showmans road locomotive and I need to make a generator to go on the front to power the 24V lighting etc.

I have been told that the best way to do this will be to use a 24V permenant magnet shunt-wound motor. Is this right and can anybody help me with one as I've looked without success. The motor needs to be about 6" diameter.

The below shows the sort of thing I'm looking for:

Any help would be very much appreciated as I'm stuck!

bob · Feb 3, 2009

wow i always wanted one of them how much is the insurace

scale-steam · Feb 3, 2009

The above photo is not my engine, it's a freind's. It's just to show people what the generator looks like. This is mine:

Not a lot more to do, wheels waiting to go and have the tyres vulcanised on. The canopy is made, so once I can get a generator sorted it's more or less done.

Insurance is about