Re: (ET) Motor brushes

[Chris Zach <cz alembic crystel com>]

I had a magnet failure in a fat deck motor this summer: The symptom was 
the motor kept cutting out due to the temp sensor/breaker opening (motor 
was overloaded with the friction of the magnet against the armature). 
Magnet was broken into three parts.

Turning the blade by hand I could hear a grinding in the motor.

Simple enough repair (I made wood gauges and spacers to allow me to 
replace the magnets) will do this winter.

C

On 12/2/2021 12:27 AM, Dean Stuckmann via Elec-trak wrote:
> I second the comments on bearings or magnets. I would think that bearing would be 
> progressively louder whereas a magnet fail would be all of a sudden. Personally 
> I’ve been using ETs since 1980 and have never experienced a brush failure 
> or ones that were completely worn out.
>
> Take care,
> Dean
>
> > On Dec 1, 2021, at 10:20 PM, David Tiefenbrunn <davidtief comcast net> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > replacement.
> > Dave
>
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