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Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:21 pm
by MarkyDents
I’m trying to find out what this motor is, and what era (years) its from. Mainly trying to figure out what turns and winds it could be as well. Please help !
Re: Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 8:40 pm
by juicedcoupe
Re: Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2021 10:38 pm
by MarkyDents
Thank you very much ! That catalog sure does make it sound like a nice motor to have. I really appreciate you finding it.
Re: Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 7:19 am
by matt1ptkn
Thank you, too, for that Trinity catalog link. I have one of these motors as well, and I've always wondered what it was. It really would have been nice if more motors had permanent identifiable markings.
Re: Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:18 pm
by Lowgear
That's been a major hurdle I've found while going down the rabbit hole of brushed motors as it pertains to identification. Manufactures used the same cans and decals as a time and cost cutting measure I imagine which makes it hard to know what's what. I've also regularly come across the same part numbers being used, or even no part numbers at all. Like for example a company would use one part number, and then write on the header card of the packaging the turns and winds. So for a lot of these motors the only way to know what the specs are is to take them apart to examine the armature.
Re: Trinity motor, please help....
Posted: Sun May 02, 2021 9:19 pm
by SoCalSnakeEyes
Lowgear wrote: ↑Wed Apr 28, 2021 4:18 pm
That's been a major hurdle I've found while going down the rabbit hole of brushed motors as it pertains to identification. Manufactures used the same cans and decals as a time and cost cutting measure I imagine which makes it hard to know what's what. I've also regularly come across the same part numbers being used, or even no part numbers at all. Like for example a company would use one part number, and then write on the header card of the packaging the turns and winds. So for a lot of these motors the only way to know what the specs are is to take them apart to examine the armature.
Very, very true for mod motors for sure. Stocks have the tabs that make thing a bit simpler. Cheap or expensive mod is easy to tell based on how nice the wires are wound and if they drill or epoxy balanced. After that, good luck. I have had some luck weighting the the arms. Lighter arms being lower turns/winds than then the heavy ones. But that's not 100% right, just a best guess type thing.
(I should have read the whole post.
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