On 7/11/2013 11:14 AM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
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On 7/11/2013 8:49 AM, Ecnerwal wrote:
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Are they open-flow or is there air blockage via a damper system or
discharge/intake louvers or the like? That could drastically
raise the
flow restriction and raise motor loading if designed/sized solely
for
open unrestricted flow...

Careful with the assumption here - many fans draw _less_ current
"restricted" since they move less air, so they are doing less work.
Counter-intuitive, but often true. Toss on a meter and try it. I
think
it was Bruce who mentioned that many people kill furnace blowers by
"unrestricting" ductwork to the point that the motors overload...

Depends on whether the restriction raises head pressure
significantly...

Really on if the blades have stalled.

And if there's increased head resistance, that's a partial stall...or at
least more work to keep going against it.

LRA is something else again.

Too little to really judge; more useful than pic of a similar used motor
from and eBay auction would have been pictures of the installation and
links to the vendor of the fans and specific model to see what the app
looks like as opposed to what the vendor spec'ed and the like.

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