On Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:14:31 +0000, BobH
wrote:

On 10/14/2010 12:34 AM, Karl Townsend wrote:
Well, I started up the new fan motor on the apple cooler and got an
odd odor from it. As I'm storing big $ (for me) of fresh fruit, I shut
it down after an hour. let the room clear and ran all night on just
the second cooler. tried again this morning and odor returned. So
we've limped all day on one cooler. One cooler will hold temp as long
as we don't remove, wash, and bring warm fruit back in. Something
I've GOT to do shortly.

I'd think after two hours it would clear, but no joy. Anybody heard of
this?

Karl

You say it's a new motor. Is it running hotter than you would expect? Is
it hooked up to a reasonable size circuit breaker? If it is not running
hot and it is on a reasonable size breaker, I would run it all day and
keep checking on it. As long as it stays at an acceptable temperature, I
would keep running it. I would probably not leave it running unattended
overnight until it has run a few days.

BobH

Its not running hot as its one inch from a five horse R502 evaporator
coil and the fan it runs pulls the air around the motor. I've not a
clue, but I'm worried about the fruit picking up something from the
odor. if it was just an ordinary fan, I wouldn't care.

Karl