33oneill
Plastic
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2013
- Location
- Maine, USA
I'm not sure where to post this electrical motor question but I will try here first.
I'm putting a new / old electric motor on my lathe. Tonight I was going to wire it up to a VFD but when I opened the electrical connection junction box on the back of the motor a fair amount of oil came out of the junction box.. The connection box cover had a cork gasket that makes me think that the oil was meant to be in there. I can also see the leads coming out of the motor and into the junction box but I don't see any obvious signs of oil coming from the interior itself.
I am hoping that one of you could tell me if that is normal or not and if it is normal should I replace the oil or fill it back up?
I'm putting a new / old electric motor on my lathe. Tonight I was going to wire it up to a VFD but when I opened the electrical connection junction box on the back of the motor a fair amount of oil came out of the junction box.. The connection box cover had a cork gasket that makes me think that the oil was meant to be in there. I can also see the leads coming out of the motor and into the junction box but I don't see any obvious signs of oil coming from the interior itself.
I am hoping that one of you could tell me if that is normal or not and if it is normal should I replace the oil or fill it back up?