I have a squirrel cage blower that I use at the theater to blow fog/haze. The motor finally died.
I could go get another whole fan assembly for about $150, but I wondered if any of you knew a good place where I can shop motors by shaft size, body size, mount style, etc? Amazon only lets you narrow it down by brand and width, and I get 20,000 results. Grainger is a nightmare and inflated by 3000%. McMaster lets you sort OK, but they don't have what I need, and they're 2000% inflated.
Try Northern Tool and Ebay.
I bought an Italian gear motor for an industrial door from Ebay because normal channels were going to take months. Pull the part number off the existing motor and do a search.
In reply to Toyman! :
I did that. I got zero hits on Amazon, and some links to NLA websites. I did find a couple NOS motors, but they cost as much as a whole new fan assembly.
Broan-NuTone #99080482G.
Before I give up on this, I just want to see if I can find a generic that fits in for $25
I came up with a superceded part number, and still nothing. I can at least find that motor, but they're all OEM = pricey
S1108439
Maybe see if Surplus Center has anything usable? They have some search filters but it's limited. Quite a bit of what they have is weird voltage too.
https://www.surpluscenter.com/Electrical/
$150 would buy a couple shipping containers full of CPU fans.
If the motor tag has a box marked "frame number" try searching for the frame number.
That number designates size and mounting type (usually).
The parts business being the parts business, your best bet is likely going to be a new unit, unless you get lucky. I'd probably start with ebay.
There are still, somehow, two places in the same area code down here that rewind motors, alternators, generators, and such.
Have you checked up there near you? No clue what the price would be.
Brand new 70 bucks including the ride direct fit OEM no fuss no muss.
The motor is readily available not NLA, but they cost $140-150 as a service part. Unless you go new-old-stock on fleabay.
In reply to 93gsxturbo :
Good sleuthing, but that's the 481 which is 2" shorter than the 482 i'm looking for. The clearance on the housing is pretty tight.
Looks like I'm just buying a whole new setup. All the motors I'm finding are super expensive for what they are. I can get 300 cfm for $110. The thing that was so attractive about this one is that it's super quiet, which is good for a theater.
In reply to Mr_Asa :
I did call a couple places. Long story short, if it needs windings, it's $200 minimum. Since this one ran super hot and I can see visible burnt windings, it would be at least $200 to fix a stamped-steel case motor that is probably worth $15.
ShawnG said:If the motor tag has a box marked "frame number" try searching for the frame number.
That number designates size and mounting type (usually).
This one appears to be proprietary. Nothing other than the sticker. I described the shaft size, mount stud bolt circle, and case dimensions to one of the motor repair places and he said he would look for something in his pile, but he wasn't optimistic about the configuration.
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