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Title: Electric engine selection
Post by: PAmizerman on August 04, 2018, 11:44:33 PM

I've been seriously considering buying a riehl edger with no power and putting an electric motor on it. It would have to be single phase. Anyone know what size motor I could get away with putting on it?

Title: Re: Electric engine selection
Post by: Ljohnsaw on August 05, 2018, 12:03:28 AM

You could do about half the gas engine rating. I was looking at them - they sell it with 13hp or 20hp gas. So a 7 to 10 hp electric, kind of big for single phase but doable (240v) for a 7 - maybe?

Title: Re: Electric engine selection
Post by: Southside on August 05, 2018, 08:29:54 AM

My 25" planner has a 7hp, single phase, farm duty, motor on it, does fine.

Title: Re: Electric engine selection
Post by: Dave Shepard on August 05, 2018, 11:08:26 AM

10 hp single phase is 44 FLA, which is full load amps. I don't know what the inrush current is on startup. The inrush on a 7 hp on a big sawdust blower was 140. :o 10 on an edger is doable, but you are going to need be down around 20 fpm feed, depending on what you are cutting.

Title: Re: Electric engine selection
Post by: PAmizerman on August 09, 2018, 10:01:13 PM

Thanks guys.

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