How much amper they take? Tamas On 22/10/06, Gerhard Fiedler wrote: > > Austin wrote: > > >> everything I've seen was way too heavy, way too strong and most of it > >> also way too expensive. But there probably are some in the range I'm > >> looking for -- "just" a matter of finding them :)" > > > > ATV winches. > > > > One site I came across with a few specs: > > http://www.gorillawinches.com > > Thanks for the pointer. What I saw was not encouraging, though... > > http://tinyurl.com/y84se9 : At $130 that could almost fit into the budget, > 6 kg might be bearable. The data provided was not too extensive, other > than > that it is a 1 hp (750 W) motor. That is plenty for my application, > actually quite an overkill. I found a bit more data for a sister-winch: > > http://tinyurl.com/upxjm : Here they have a load/speed table. I don't know > the spool diameter, but I estimated with at least 10 cm. This gives an > idle > speed of max. 22 rpm -- which is too slow. Probably there are not many > winches that are much faster: I'd need it around 80 rpm, four times the > speed. > > Am I wrong with this estimation? Are there winches that rotate at 80 rpm? > I > don't have a lot of experience with ATV winches. > > Thanks, > Gerhard > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- unPIC -- The PIC Disassembler http://unpic.sourceforge.net -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist