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"Stormin Mormon" wrote:

Is it brand new, or been around a while? Might be the
berrings are dry, and it's under a bit of a load, trying to
spin. Give it a couple drops of ND-30 oil in the berrings,
and see if that works better.

Someone else also mentioned using clamp on ammeter. That
might give different number.

What the hell is a berring?