"Jim Adney" wrote in message
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| On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:41:01 -0500 "Charles Schuler"
| wrote:
|
| Disassemble the motor and just take in the rotor, so that they don't
| have to do any significant work.
|
| IF, it's a wound rotor motor. Most ac rotors are of the squirrel cage
| variety.
|
| I was wondering about that. Wouldn't a squirrel cage motor still have
| the same magnetic properties? I'm not sure, but I'd bet that such a
| rotor would still pass the growler test, but it's hard to imagine a
| squirrel cage rotor with a short in it, which, I believe is what the
| OP asked about.

I don't know how to 'growl' a squirrel cage motor. I'd just fire it up and
check the amps on each leg.

NM