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Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: Stoker on May 22, 2025, 08:01:38 pm
Lookin' mighty fine from here!!!
Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: jkbixby on May 22, 2025, 04:13:27 pm
Finished reassembling the generator and tested it out.  It puts out almost 2.0 volts at approximately 2000 rpm (or whatever my 20 volt Dewalt drill does) which is less than my other Stuart generator (2.4 volts) but I am extremely happy with it.  My guess is that the wiring is original and very old as the Stuart 500 boiler has no bushes and the S-50 is a solid crank disc, all probably late 20s or early 30s. Now to sort out the streetlamp and the piping. Here is a picture of where I'm at right now with the steam plant.

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Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: jkbixby 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.
Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: Stoker 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.
Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: jkbixby 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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Title: Re: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: PO9R4S4CHE 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.

Jason
Title: Stuart Generator Restoration
Post by: jkbixby 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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