Post by MoonStone on Aug 29, 2004 19:26:46 GMT -5
Tumbler Cooling Experiment
Hello;D!
After reading the posts related to the heat concerns I decided to try this cooling experiment to see if it works.
Some tumbler’s motors (Lortone, as far as I know) are quite hot to the touch, it seems that the motor is actually intended to run hot. My tumbler’s motor area feels hot to the touch but not extremely hot, I guess this could vary for different factors.
Some people have safety concerns for the safety of children and pets. Others had the heat affecting their motor’s belts, etc.
The easiest way to solve the heat problem is to remove the motor housing off the tumbler.
My experiment was intended to the ones (like myself) who do not want to discard the motor housing for safety reasons, looks, etc,
In my experiment I basically drilled small holes all around the 4 sides of the housing. The purpose was to increase the ventilation of the motor and to decrease the outside temperature of the motor housing.
Results: No drastic changes in here, yet it does feel slightly cooler to the touch.
I don’t know if this in the long run could help to improve the motor’s belt performance or it’s durability, but time will give me the answer to that.
What else could be done to improve the cooling performance?
Who knows...more holes on the top sides, exhaust fans like the ones used in the hard drive coolers. I think metallic mesh could be used to cover the motor instead of the housing, nicely done it could even look good, it could even be painted with blue metallic spray to match the tumbler’s look!
Cool!
Anyway, even if I didn’t gain a BIG decrease in temperature, I’m happy with the slightly cooler results. Maybe this could work for some others with no excessive heat problems:D.
Here are some pictures:
Materials used in this project:
Awl - to start the holes,
hand drill - drilling the holes,
dremel with sander bit - to clean the inside and get rid of small metal bits that might fall later on the motor.
Motor housing just finished.
Another picture of the motor housing.
All finished and done! By the way, I solved my tumbler’s crawling problem (moving around) with a product named “Griprite - non-slip liner”. You could see it in this picture - the blue mat under my tumbler.
Here are some links to other posts in this board related to tumbler’s heat:
andy321.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1093450519
andy321.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=general&thread=1092965681&action=display&start=15
The next link is and outside link review of Lortone’s tumblers that also talks about the heat problem:
chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aapr111701.htm
Hope that the experiment and information could be helpful to some of you. ;D
Hello;D!
After reading the posts related to the heat concerns I decided to try this cooling experiment to see if it works.
Some tumbler’s motors (Lortone, as far as I know) are quite hot to the touch, it seems that the motor is actually intended to run hot. My tumbler’s motor area feels hot to the touch but not extremely hot, I guess this could vary for different factors.
Some people have safety concerns for the safety of children and pets. Others had the heat affecting their motor’s belts, etc.
The easiest way to solve the heat problem is to remove the motor housing off the tumbler.
My experiment was intended to the ones (like myself) who do not want to discard the motor housing for safety reasons, looks, etc,
In my experiment I basically drilled small holes all around the 4 sides of the housing. The purpose was to increase the ventilation of the motor and to decrease the outside temperature of the motor housing.
Results: No drastic changes in here, yet it does feel slightly cooler to the touch.
I don’t know if this in the long run could help to improve the motor’s belt performance or it’s durability, but time will give me the answer to that.What else could be done to improve the cooling performance?
Who knows...more holes on the top sides, exhaust fans like the ones used in the hard drive coolers. I think metallic mesh could be used to cover the motor instead of the housing, nicely done it could even look good, it could even be painted with blue metallic spray to match the tumbler’s look!
Cool!Anyway, even if I didn’t gain a BIG decrease in temperature, I’m happy with the slightly cooler results. Maybe this could work for some others with no excessive heat problems:D.
Here are some pictures:
Materials used in this project:
Awl - to start the holes,
hand drill - drilling the holes,
dremel with sander bit - to clean the inside and get rid of small metal bits that might fall later on the motor.
Motor housing just finished.
Another picture of the motor housing.
All finished and done! By the way, I solved my tumbler’s crawling problem (moving around) with a product named “Griprite - non-slip liner”. You could see it in this picture - the blue mat under my tumbler.
Here are some links to other posts in this board related to tumbler’s heat:
andy321.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1093450519
andy321.proboards16.com/index.cgi?board=general&thread=1092965681&action=display&start=15
The next link is and outside link review of Lortone’s tumblers that also talks about the heat problem:
chemistry.about.com/library/weekly/aapr111701.htm
Hope that the experiment and information could be helpful to some of you. ;D
!!!
