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Post by Cole S. on Jun 17, 2012 11:11:41 GMT -5
I did consider rewinding, and really I would like to do it, but I don't have the spare cash to do something major like that and don't think I will for years. I've had to just cut my losses and move on (which I didn't lose anything since one fan was essentially free in the end).
On that note, I did open the motor and immediately found the damaged winding. There was one single break and that's what did it. That screw must have barely nicked it...
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Post by Austin on Jun 17, 2012 20:13:28 GMT -5
On that note, I did open the motor and immediately found the damaged winding. There was one single break and that's what did it. That screw must have barely nicked it... If its just that one break then you can just simply solder the wire back together and varnish it and it should work again. |
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Post by Adam D. on Jun 18, 2012 7:16:16 GMT -5
Windings can be tricky to reconnect. You may think it's reconnected but really it's not.. They have that see through material which separates and prevents bare wire from touching..
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Post by Austin on Jun 18, 2012 17:03:19 GMT -5
Windings can be tricky to reconnect. You may think it's reconnected but really it's not.. They have that see through material which separates and prevents bare wire from touching.. You mean varnish? Well I watched an AFCA member fix the same problem with a pancake fan and it only took him a good 15 mins and the fan ran perfectly after that. He told us that those kind of breaks are the easiest thing to fix in a motor. Now if multiple wires were severed then that would be a nightmare. Scrapping the varnish off is just as easy as removing paint and re applying it is just as easy as spray painting. |
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Post by Adam D. on Jun 18, 2012 21:46:39 GMT -5
Yes Varnish.. Couldn't think of the word off the top of my head.. I reconnected the windings in the motor of my CEC Emperor and I didn't see any difference, but then again it was probably more than one spot..
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Post by Cole S. on Jun 18, 2012 23:12:45 GMT -5
I don't know, I've heard a few unsuccessful stories on winding repair with 70's/80's and newer ceiling fans. Can't say that it's not possible, but there may be more than one break here too. I didn't dig in very deep, I just saw the one break for sure. It's very iffy here when I don't know all the places that the screw may have scraped...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 19, 2012 1:53:50 GMT -5
It's a lot harder on newer (70s+) motors than very early motors.
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