On Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:25:40 PM UTC+1, wrote:
On Thursday, June 26, 2014 3:59:11 PM UTC+1, John Stumbles wrote:
On Wed, 25 Jun 2014 21:53:41 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

new motor is sub £100 usually. I had this. Internal motor short to
earth.

That's what it's turned out to be. Less than 10ohms armature to frame

You removed every trace of carbon first?

iirc the wfl2260 motor is bolted to plastic, so a live motor case doesnt matter much - if the tacho isnt case connected. If so, and carbon cleanup doesnt do it, just remove motor earth & fit a caution notice.


NT