Wow, these are great! Very clever idea to market it as a "movable" motor, not dedicated to a single purpose. However I do wonder how the fan was operated before the advent of this motor. It couldn't possibly have been by means of "Wearisome pedal trudgery, which often menaces health...."
And it was expensive!! What does it say under $18.50? Looks like "Denver and [something] $19.00"
How many amps or Watts are these motors? I want to estimate the cost of electricity. ("Costs less than 1 cent per hour") I tried using .7 amps (guesstimate) and 1 cent per hour, and I'm getting more than $10 per KWH! My math must be wrong.
Edit: Yeah, I was off by a factor of 1000. Cost was about 1.2 cents per KWH. Very rough estimate though.
Last edited by Sheluma; 10-25-2013 at 03:32 PM.
Reason: math error