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Philco TPA-1 Progress . . .
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Got the amp working easy enough and sounds pretty decent- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEtvu4ldFts but didn't have a lot of hope for the original motor after retensioning the brushes still not able to get continuity and the commutator looked burned, so decided to repower with a Mabuchi RC280 RC car motor, turns out these are just a purrfect 24MM diameter case and 2.0mm shaft size compared to the original-    

The resulting speed achieved was ~22-1/2 RPM  Icon_sad so I thought about it for a day or two while I have been waiting for a couple other motor choices, ~$2-$3 free shipping from China! 

But tonight I thought about ways to increase the speed with a sleeve over the motor shaft and picked a piece of PVC ~18ga wire insulation which got me close to the right speed, but adding a piece of shrink tubing over that made it just about the right speed at the top of the range  Icon_biggrin  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85gdEytzZac  The case cleaned up quite a bit with my favorite lanolin hand cleaner, a nice brush and a moist rag.

PWM controller and lower voltage motors coming soon, this one was advertised as "3, 6, 9, 12V  . . . "  17,000 rpm . . .YMMV


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Philco TPA-1 Progress . . . - by PhilcoFordTesla - 12-04-2019, 11:58 PM
RE: Philco TPA-1 Progress . . . - by OldRestorer - 12-05-2019, 12:10 PM
RE: Philco TPA-1 Progress . . . - by Ron Ramirez - 12-05-2019, 02:20 PM
RE: Philco TPA-1 Progress . . . - by morzh - 12-11-2019, 01:06 AM



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