[john martin]

  John Martin is testing motors 

  Im gonna put a suction guage on these three in about anhour and i will post the results  ... 
on the left a 6.6  , middle an Electro 1600w , and on the right a £60 ebay vac

The suspense might be too much for some  , anyone want to predict the results , first second ,  third ? or  " waterlift

[Lewis Newby]

John for lift figures i cant imagine the 1600w electro not winning. What spec is the ebay motor? Cheap usually means poor reliability or poor performance but not necessarily both so could initially perform well.

im going elector - 6.6 - ebay (assuming likely 1200w

[stuart_clark]

6.6
electro
cheap ebay



Stuart

[john martin]

 Ebay is a 1500w czech Ametek , looks beefy !

 6.6 is also a 1600w

[Lewis Newby]

Close call, i still stick to my origional post. Do you have facility to measure cfms John?

[fibresafe]

The Electro and Ebay one are 3-stage motors so should both be higher on lift. The 6.6 is more about airflow. The Electro one also draws nearly 9 amps, compared to about 7 amps for the 6.6. The 6.6 will probably come 3rd for lift, but the 6.6 would win if you were measuring airflow. The 6.6  would draw with the Electro if you were measuring overall vacuum power (airwatts) despite drawing nearly 2 amps less - you get more power per amp with the 6.6's because they're more efficient.

[Raymondo]

I have a spare Briggs and Stratton 16 hp vanguard engine and an old blower can we try that as well.

6.6  electro cheap ebay

[dan paton]

And the winner is?

[john martin]

And the winner is?

results delayed due to unforeseen events , trip to the Chinese 

about an hour ...

[stu_thomson]

I couldn't care less coz I've a TM

I've also had a 🍺😀

[derek west]

the winner will be the owner of the one that markets there business better regardless of suction. 

[john martin]

  The E-Bay motor  ...  9.5HG or 130" waterlift

 
 

 

[john martin]

The Electro  ...  10.5 HG    143" waterlift

[john martin]

 and the winner is  ...

[john martin]

  not the 6.6     10HG    136" waterlift

[stuart_clark]

Its all a fix

only joking John

[john martin]

The Electro and Ebay one are 3-stage motors so should both be higher on lift. The 6.6 is more about airflow. The Electro one also draws nearly 9 amps, compared to about 7 amps for the 6.6. The 6.6 will probably come 3rd for lift, but the 6.6 would win if you were measuring airflow. The 6.6  would draw with the Electro if you were measuring overall vacuum power (airwatts) despite drawing nearly 2 amps less - you get more power per amp with the 6.6's because they're more efficient.

It wasn't the highest amp electro fibersafe , that one is about 1800w  , i had the meter on but didnt take pics , 6.6 was 7ams max , electro was 6.8 ish , around the same for  the ebay motor .

[john martin]

Its all a fix

only joking John

I think the 6.6 did well for a two stage , i might switch over the Enforcer to 6.6 in series to see how that goes .

[john martin]

Close call, i still stick to my origional post. Do you have facility to measure cfms John?

No i got a meter on ebay but i cant get any accuracy out of it , its a tricky thing even with the good gear .

[Lewis Newby]

John, im sure you know alot more about it then myself but i have read several posts suggesting the lamb 6.6 is not recommended for series configuration by the manufacturer.