windrivers
Well-known member
Thanks for your reply John (combo52).
Manufacturers are going to circuit boards and three phase motors because they are variable speed without a transmission and cheaper to produce. Probably the biggest reason is the cost. Is that not correct? Yes, they may save a little electricity, but over 75%?
You claimed that the TR motor used 1/4 the energy of the motor in a TC, is that not correct? Are you saying the motor in the TC is less than 25% efficient, or the motor in the TR is well over 100% efficient? Or is one of us just simply not understanding physics? BTW, I don't believe that being an experienced repair tech automatically makes one a physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer, or that he isn't biased enough to only give part of the truth even if he does know the facts.
As someone who does like to repair and keep quality equipment, I will keep my machines running as long as I can, thank you. I guess we'll just have to disagree that junk that "lasts a much shorter time" and is made out of wonderful lightweight plastic and other inferior products, is going to save me energy in the long run. I assume that's what using "a fraction of the materials in energy to build" means. From experience, buying cheap lightweight products over and over again is at the least not going to save me money. We could have cheap energy if it wasn't for all the nonsense. There are other issues concerning obtaining and using natural resources, and having to replace major appliances much more often, other than energy itself, even assuming a large amount is recyclable. BTW, as much as you promote today's cheap products, I bet you're glad you have the Speed Queen you claimed to have bought 118 years ago, though I assume you meant 18 years ago.
I guess I'm somewhat paranoid about giving too much information over the internet that is visible to everyone. I think people should be judged rather on the veracity of what they say than who they are. As I said, being a repair tech for example doesn't make you an expert on energy, climate, manufacturing, or whatever you may think you are. I'm not a respecter of persons. It's your knowledge and honesty that gives you credibility, not your age, or whatever. Your experience also adds to it, but not when you think you can somehow use it to speak authoritatively outside your field of expertise, or spout nonsense as fact. It does say on my posts where I live since that supposedly has some bearing on my credibility somehow.
Manufacturers are going to circuit boards and three phase motors because they are variable speed without a transmission and cheaper to produce. Probably the biggest reason is the cost. Is that not correct? Yes, they may save a little electricity, but over 75%?
You claimed that the TR motor used 1/4 the energy of the motor in a TC, is that not correct? Are you saying the motor in the TC is less than 25% efficient, or the motor in the TR is well over 100% efficient? Or is one of us just simply not understanding physics? BTW, I don't believe that being an experienced repair tech automatically makes one a physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer, or that he isn't biased enough to only give part of the truth even if he does know the facts.
As someone who does like to repair and keep quality equipment, I will keep my machines running as long as I can, thank you. I guess we'll just have to disagree that junk that "lasts a much shorter time" and is made out of wonderful lightweight plastic and other inferior products, is going to save me energy in the long run. I assume that's what using "a fraction of the materials in energy to build" means. From experience, buying cheap lightweight products over and over again is at the least not going to save me money. We could have cheap energy if it wasn't for all the nonsense. There are other issues concerning obtaining and using natural resources, and having to replace major appliances much more often, other than energy itself, even assuming a large amount is recyclable. BTW, as much as you promote today's cheap products, I bet you're glad you have the Speed Queen you claimed to have bought 118 years ago, though I assume you meant 18 years ago.
I guess I'm somewhat paranoid about giving too much information over the internet that is visible to everyone. I think people should be judged rather on the veracity of what they say than who they are. As I said, being a repair tech for example doesn't make you an expert on energy, climate, manufacturing, or whatever you may think you are. I'm not a respecter of persons. It's your knowledge and honesty that gives you credibility, not your age, or whatever. Your experience also adds to it, but not when you think you can somehow use it to speak authoritatively outside your field of expertise, or spout nonsense as fact. It does say on my posts where I live since that supposedly has some bearing on my credibility somehow.
