powering 12v motor

[markus19]

Hi guys

I have just bought a use hydraulic oil pup that runs from a 12v motor



I didnt have a 12volt battery to try it with but i had a 240v to 13v 5amp

Inverter i wired it up via the solenoid but just got a few clicks from the
Solenoid


I then ran a 30ft cable from my 12v battery in my van to the solenoid
But this time just got rapid clicks but no motor kicking in


I then trying wiring direct leaving out the solenoid ... nothing...




i then took the motor off the pump and plugged it direct onto the 12v van battery it fired up


what could i use to power the motor from a mains connection e.g what amps or watts

thanks

 

[PEG]

It is probably a generic tipper pump unit,relatively low pressure,low flow and very intermittent use,off the likes of a transit or similar. Any decent log splitter will require 180 Bar,75% + duty cycle and sufficient Lpm to stroke a fair capacity ram its cycle quickly. There are some good engine driven yokes about and i have made several over the years. If you have anything plant-like,you could drive one via SS couplings off an auxillary circuit,as on a tractor,stacker or beaver type power pack. Me pal has a german creation that cost five figures and is directly driven off a large John Deere tractor,but it splits logs up to 3ft long in to staves,then will cut those as short as you like. If you are splitting for your own log burner (my folks have one),then you may have to accept that the cost of kit like a chainsaw,splitter etc,is the bit no-one mentions during the start of the job. Don't be annoyed if the thing you have turns out a non-starter,before i met my lovely missus,i had a rake of pretty girlfriends who turned out needing help to cross a road...:shades_smile:

 

[markus19]

Here is a couple of images of the unit i have bought

this image is with the motor removed.

so use dont reckon this will be have enough power to run a ram to

split logs.....

 

[Guest111]

Toolstation do a mains powered log splitter for about £200.

 

[PEG]

Only replying because your pictures are so good! That looks like a fabricated unit,possibly for a pipe crimper or similar,the functioning spool is set up for a single acting cylinder (spring or gravity return),whilst the double acting spool is blanked. It will be low flow/duty due to its power source,a single or banked 12V source. I have used an almost identical rig for a vehicle mounted spectacle lift where the lift cylinder was single acting and the spare spool actioned the extension cylinder. All it will do for you my friend,is give you a splitting headache......see what i did there....:smile5:

 

[markus19]

Only replying because your pictures are so good! That looks like a fabricated unit,possibly for a pipe crimper or similar,the functioning spool is set up for a single acting cylinder (spring or gravity return),whilst the double acting spool is blanked. It will be low flow/duty due to its power source,a single or banked 12V source. I have used an almost identical rig for a vehicle mounted spectacle lift where the lift cylinder was single acting and the spare spool actioned the extension cylinder. All it will do for you my friend,is give you a splitting headache......see what i did there....:smile5:

hello

thank you for your response so you don't reckon this unit is any good at all for making a log

splitter with ?

i was hoping to just buy other pipe rig it up to the blank plate

and buy a ram and it would work fine...

here are some more picture of the setup

 

[Silly Sausage]

Here markus,

You might get more joy here...
http://www.powerequipmentforum.com/forum/10-log-splitter-forum/

 

[Geordie Spark]

hello

thank you for your response so you don't reckon this unit is any good at all for making a log

splitter with ?

i was hoping to just buy other pipe rig it up to the blank plate

and buy a ram and it would work fine...

here are some more picture of the setup

Forget trying to make logsplitters and take up photography instead.