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On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 12:35:28 PM UTC-4,
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On Wednesday, July 31, 2019 at 12:29:28 PM UTC-4,
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Hi all, our old bandsaw stopped working so well. It has no
torque/ power
and when you turn on the unloaded motor it sometimes runs
backwards.

The thought here is that maybe a start or run capacitor had gone
bad...
but we are all mostly clueless when it comes to motors. Any
ideas
before I try and get the motor out.
(Oh dear.. I think it's a three phase motor... (no cap))

Maybe check the three voltages?
Or a bad motor

George H.

Never mind. problem fixed. (Sometimes all I need is a smart
audience.)

GH

You told us the symptoms, so what was the cause?

We all started out clueless and had to learn somehow.