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#Post#: 70217-------------------------------------------------- |
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Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: jkbixby Date: May 9, 2025, 2:36 pm |
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Just getting started restoring a Stuart generator. The armature |
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and windings are very dirty and I would like to clean them up |
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but not sure about the windings. They seem to have a heavy coat |
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of dirt to the point of feeling like a soft insulation. I'm not |
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sure whether to just brush them off or can I use something like |
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acetone or even just water? Hopefully someone can point me in |
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the right direction so I don't mess it up. Thanks. |
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#Post#: 70221-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: PO9R4S4CHE Date: May 10, 2025, 6:29 am |
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https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Electric_Motors_and_Generators_(Stuar… |
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did someone badly rewire it with the wrong wire? I think this |
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is the one you have. |
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Jason |
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#Post#: 70222-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: jkbixby Date: May 10, 2025, 7:27 am |
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Could be as it doesn't look like my other one for sure. I'll |
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just have to wait and see if it works when it I reassemble it. |
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By the way the link didn't take me to a useful page as it was |
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blank. On a different note it seems almost a shame to paint it |
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after I cleaned it up. |
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#Post#: 70223-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: Stoker Date: May 10, 2025, 8:18 am |
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If you like the bright bare metal Larry, then go with it! |
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You only have yourself to please at the end of the day!!! |
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Don't know what's with that funky looking insulation/dirt on |
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your windings?!?! |
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My Stuart Generator of similar style shows reddish |
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copper-colored windings that are likely insulative varnish |
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coated. |
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#Post#: 70224-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: jkbixby Date: May 10, 2025, 8:56 am |
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The paint's on and drying. Will look a lot more traditional. A |
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bonus will be if it actually generates - don't want to have this |
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one rewound or buy a new one from Stuart. |
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#Post#: 70433-------------------------------------------------- |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: jkbixby Date: May 22, 2025, 4:13 pm |
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Finished reassembling the generator and tested it out. It puts |
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out almost 2.0 volts at approximately 2000 rpm (or whatever my |
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20 volt Dewalt drill does) which is less than my other Stuart |
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generator (2.4 volts) but I am extremely happy with it. My |
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guess is that the wiring is original and very old as the Stuart |
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500 boiler has no bushes and the S-50 is a solid crank disc, all |
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probably late 20s or early 30s. Now to sort out the streetlamp |
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and the piping. Here is a picture of where I'm at right now with |
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the steam plant. |
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration |
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By: Stoker Date: May 22, 2025, 8:01 pm |
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Lookin' mighty fine from here!!! |
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