Posted by mkirsch on November 03, 2011 at 06:20:31 from (64.80.110.75):
In Reply to: electrall question posted by Charlie M on November 02, 2011 at 18:04:37:
All that, and 10KW is not a lot of power. At 746 Watts per HP, you could only hope to transmit about 13-1/2 HP to the implement at most.
When you've got around 50 HP at the PTO shaft, the Electrall motor doesn't really make a lot of sense.
My uncle used to fill silos with a big 3-phase electric motor to run the blower. I think the first one was 40HP and the second one was 50HP. These motors would run the blower like a tractor with twice the HP, but they were HUGE.
Can you imagine the kind of wart that a 40KW generator would put on the side of a tractor? Imagine the cables you'd need to run the motor, at today's copper prices? Then the motor on the implement?
A piece of cold formed bar, matching tube, and , a couple of universal joints... much more practical.
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