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Stuart Generator Restoration
« on: May 09, 2025, 02:36:56 pm »
Just getting started restoring a Stuart generator. The armature and windings are very dirty and I would like to clean them up but not sure about the windings.  They seem to have a heavy coat of dirt to the point of feeling like a soft insulation. I'm not sure whether to just brush them off or can I use something like acetone or even just water?  Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction so I don't mess it up. Thanks.

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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2025, 06:29:40 am »
https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Electric_Motors_and_Generators_(Stuart_Turner)

did someone badly rewire it with the wrong wire?  I think this is the one you have.

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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2025, 07:27:33 am »
Could be as it doesn't look like my other one for sure. I'll just have to wait and see if it works when it I reassemble it.  By the way the link didn't take me to a useful page as it was blank.  On a different note it seems almost a shame to paint it after I cleaned it up.

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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2025, 08:18:55 am »
If you like the bright bare metal Larry, then go with it!

You only have yourself to please at the end of the day!!!

Don't know what's with that funky looking insulation/dirt on your windings?!?!

My Stuart Generator of similar style shows reddish copper-colored windings that are likely insulative varnish coated.
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Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2025, 08:56:13 am »
The paint's on and drying. Will look a lot more traditional.  A bonus will be if it actually generates - don't want to have this one rewound or buy a new one from Stuart.
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