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Old 10-31-2009, 04:04 PM   #24 (permalink)
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on fact


normal top speed for an AC motor that big is 3200 and is set up to work at near that speed
a compressor is at operating rpm in about a sec after startup

the 100% duty rating it has in a compressor is for that lode and that rpm it is not the one it will have in even a very small car
In a car its going to have a lot more work to do
Lets give you a nice small weight of 150 lb
batteries of a another 150 lbs
and very light 1200 lbs for the car

The motor can be free
All the drive components that must be spun up and moved forwards at the same time
can be free to
I won’t count that weight

That’s still 1500 lb or 3/4 ton

The compressors moving parts ?
Two pistons
One crank
the air and oil
one large fan pulley and one small non fan pulley
Two V belts or one B belt
The armature

Max maybe 30 lbs


what was yours based on?
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