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PeterD
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Air Compressor Problem - Motor Stalls
On Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:34:46 GMT,
lid (Sparks
Fergusson) wrote:
(GregS) wrote:
With all the talk, I would have liked to hear the final answer to
the story. Is the compressor working yet. Its
been a long time.
Um...can I phone a friend? :-)
Ok, here's the status. I have disassembled the motor. I have found the
following:
* The windings appear to all be in good shape. I don't see anything
obviously open or burned.
* The bearing surfaces are all in good shape.
* The contacts of the centrifugal switch are badly carbonized. I will
clean those up before reassembly.
* I have ordered a replacement start capacitor. I don't have a
capacitor tester, but for $5, why not just replace it, eh?
* The thermal overload tests OK (dead short,) but I can't easily test
it under load.
* The rotor showed no evidence of hitting the stator and appeared
undamaged.
I will clean all the connections before reassembly, although all
looked fairly good already. I'll also measure to make sure I have good
continuity through all the windings. Hopefully, that should get things
going again. Thanks to everyone for their help and suggestions.
I'll post another update when I get it all back together.
Thanks!
Sounds good, please give more updates as you go along. Maybe it was
the start switch contacts that you mention.
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