"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
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| Could be though the effect seems to depend on the position (angle) of the
| rotor. It's a split phase motor.
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| Also should note that if the rotor gets up to speed before it heats up,
| the motor runs fine. Once it gets into funky mode, though, it can't
| be spun up by hand unless it's done with power off.

Dead squirrel? Seriously, if the squirrel cage bars are soldered, perhaps
they have failed.

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