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Re: (ET) Replace a lift strap, motor, etc....

My snow blower motor had a small shunt winding.  This speed limiting 
winding drew aprox 6 amps and limited the no load speed to around 3200 to 
3600 rpm.  Without this there would be potential to overspeed the entire 
snow blower.

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> On Jan 25, 2015, at 11:09 PM, Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com> wrote:
> 
>> On 1/25/2015 10:14 PM, RJ Kanary wrote:
>>                My Dad told me of horror stories that occurred when some
>> of the shaping and processing equipment at American Bridge would
>> suddenly unload a series motor. Like large rotating pieces of it taking
>> off and leveling several walls before stopping......THEN the motor came
>> apart.
> 
> I have had the tiller motor unload with the belt breaking. It did not 
> come apart, explode, or whatnot. It just spun normally. If memory serves 
> it is a series wound motor.
> 
> If there's enough interest I'll pull the gear and try running a lift 
> motor at 36 volts unloaded. But with the gear on it just runs normally.
> 
> C
> 
> 
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