Strange electric motor situation (bench grinder, sparks inside)
There are more problems than I thought.
I took apart the grinder and removed the bearing. After a little bit of "working it" it became much less stuck, so I put it back on the shaft and tried to reassemble the grinder, to explore it further until I get a replacement bearing. Upon reassembly, the grinder seemed to have too much friction again. So, this could possibly be some alignment issue. This is now what my question is about, however. Right now I hold the grinder together with just two through screws instead of four. When it runs (I spin it up with a drill and then start), there are little "booms" felt inside. If I look through the two holes for the through screws, I see that these booms are electrical sparks. I would like to understand what is the nature of those sparks, perhaps they suggest sparking between the armature and the case? If so, would a good blowing with a compressor help, or is this grinder perhaps hopeless due to bad insulation? i |
Strange electric motor situation (bench grinder, sparks inside)
The explanation for the "booms" is as simple as it is embarrassing.
The problem was that one wire going to the start circuit, was rubbing the rotor, and causing sparks. That did some damage to the wire, but it was recoverable. I do have high hopes that a capacitor, to arrive tomorrow, will fix the starting issue also. i On 2009-10-12, KD7HB wrote: On Oct 11, 1:57?pm, Ignoramus31605 ignoramus31...@NOSPAM. 31605.invalid wrote: There are more problems than I thought. I took apart the grinder and removed the bearing. After a little bit of "working it" it became much less stuck, so I put it back on the shaft and tried to reassemble the grinder, to explore it further until I get a replacement bearing. Upon reassembly, the grinder seemed to have too much friction again. So, this could possibly be some alignment issue. This is now what my question is about, however. Right now I hold the grinder together with just two through screws instead of four. When it runs (I spin it up with a drill and then start), there are little "booms" felt inside. If I look through the two holes for the through screws, I see that these booms are electrical sparks. I would like to understand what is the nature of those sparks, perhaps they suggest sparking between the armature and the case? If so, would a good blowing with a compressor help, or is this grinder perhaps hopeless due to bad insulation? i Rather than guess, get your VOM meter out and check for shorts to the motor case. Paul |
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