For Pete & his Grand machines

roguewave · 03/10/08, 03:04 AM

At the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach. I believe it's a GE (Edison) motor with magnificent windings dated around 1850's.

elansprint72 · 03/10/08, 10:07 AM

Real electrical engineering! Look at that blade switch at the top!

Doc Henry · 03/10/08, 01:02 PM

Ben
Good shot
As told Pete may be we will need electrical engineering in a future because gasoline for our car will be more expensive and also to reduce warming climate ?
Can we do something with this 1850's system in 2008 ?

stuny · 03/10/08, 01:37 PM

Ben - Excellent subject, light and color. This is actually the power source for Pete's first self-powered watch. Not much of a market for it at its size.

Henri - Hasn't a region in France just returned to horse-drawn vehicles of high tech light materials for hauling freight on the roads and streets?

andit · 03/17/08, 06:34 PM

Hi Ben,

Excellent shot of an intriguing subject. Since this was built by Edison prior to 1890, this motor will most definitely have run on DC (Direct Current). It was in that time that the Great War Of Currents was being fought, with Edison pushing the DC system and Westinghouse/Tesla working on the AC system. History has shown us that the Alternating system won...

Having being involved with motors and electrical systems for a long time now, I can tell you that they don't build them with such beauty and care for detail anymore today. As with everything today, its all about mass production and when it breaks, throw it away.

Excellent shot, sounds like a really interesting place. Thank you for sharing this image with us.

Andreas

03/10/08, 10:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
elansprint72 Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 08/27/05 Location: Utterly, Up North. Posts: 6,439	Re: For Pete & his Grand machines Real electrical engineering! Look at that blade switch at the top! __________________ Cheers, Pete. http://www.petetaylor.org

03/10/08, 01:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
Doc Henry Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 12/01/07 Posts: 1,723	Re: For Pete & his Grand machines Ben Good shot As told Pete may be we will need electrical engineering in a future because gasoline for our car will be more expensive and also to reduce warming climate ? Can we do something with this 1850's system in 2008 ?

03/10/08, 01:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
stuny Moderator Join Date: 11/08/04 Location: New York Posts: 19,046	Re: For Pete & his Grand machines Ben - Excellent subject, light and color. This is actually the power source for Pete's first self-powered watch. Not much of a market for it at its size. Henri - Hasn't a region in France just returned to horse-drawn vehicles of high tech light materials for hauling freight on the roads and streets? __________________ Stuart www.barbara-and-stu.com

03/17/08, 06:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
andit Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 12/15/06 Location: Windhoek, Namibia Posts: 374	Re: For Pete & his Grand machines Hi Ben, Excellent shot of an intriguing subject. Since this was built by Edison prior to 1890, this motor will most definitely have run on DC (Direct Current). It was in that time that the Great War Of Currents was being fought, with Edison pushing the DC system and Westinghouse/Tesla working on the AC system. History has shown us that the Alternating system won... Having being involved with motors and electrical systems for a long time now, I can tell you that they don't build them with such beauty and care for detail anymore today. As with everything today, its all about mass production and when it breaks, throw it away. Excellent shot, sounds like a really interesting place. Thank you for sharing this image with us. Andreas

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