12VDC Geared Motor Battery Advice

[ban-all-sheds]

Is 8RPM good enough for turning?

A bit fast, I think. And anyway, AIUI variable speed is a useful feature - fast at the start, then slower once the meat starts to brown.

Also there's the issue of how are you going to mount it? How are you going to shield those wires from the heat of the BBQ?

How are you going to connect the shaft to the spit?

You're going to have to buy quite a bit more stuff and do quite a bit of mechanical construction to be able to use that motor, which will need to be well done or it will jam, and I can't help noticing that despite the title of the item, in the body it says "Widely used on auto shutter, Pan/Tilt camera, Slot machine, Money detector, Coin refund devices, etc." - nothing about ovens, BBQs etc.

My advice is to abandon the project now, while you've only wasted £8.40, and look for a purpose-designed complete BBQ spit accessory.

 

[JohnW2]

... and I can't help noticing that despite the title of the item, in the body it says "Widely used on auto shutter, Pan/Tilt camera, Slot machine, Money detector, Coin refund devices, etc." - nothing about ovens, BBQs etc.

Im pleased to hear that you "couldn't help noticing" ...

Widely used on auto shutter, Pan/Tilt camera, Slot machine, Money detector, Coin refund devices, etc.

... does not bode very well, because those are mainly very low power/torque applications.

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Your point is?

 

[JohnW2]

Your point is?

That, seemingly unnecessarily, you repeated a point which I had already made ... a practice you often highlight yourself when people write things that you've already written!

Kind Regards, John

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Well - if I do that again when the interval between the "repeat" post and the "original" one was short enough for it to be perfectly reasonable for the "repeat" to have been started before the "original" was posted, feel free to take me to task.