"NSM" writes:

"Sam Goldwasser" wrote in message
...

| Could be though the effect seems to depend on the position (angle) of the
| rotor. It's a split phase motor.
|
| 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.

That's what I thought might have happened but there certainly isn't
any visual evidence of it. I even tried to heat the rotor up with a
propane torch but that was a joke - it barely got warm.

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