Thread: Electric Motor Help
View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 08-03-2011, 12:08 PM
jams's Avatar
jams jams is offline
CC Member
Visit my Photo Gallery

 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Bridgewater, NJ
Cobra Make, Engine: B & B
Posts: 1,323
Not Ranked     
Default Electric Motor Help
Hi all,

My treadmill has been acting up and it seems like it might be the motor. I see some arcing around the brushes of the motor. I think this is heating up the motor and causing it to stop.

I checked the brushes and they are quite rounded off(conforming to the rotating shaft -stator maybe)

I know electric motors are rather indestructible- would it help if I flattened the brushes by grinding them flat? I suspect they are so round that they are causing interference -hence the arcing.

Any Ideas? I hate to throw $200 for a new motor into my aging treadmill.
__________________
Just enough knowledge to build a cobra and be dangerous...

You can observe a lot from just watching.
Reply With Quote