aarongough
Stainless
- Joined
- Oct 27, 2014
- Location
- Toronto, Canada
Hey Guys!
One of the Fadals that I'm currently rebuilding let the magic smoke out of the drive and spindle motor today... They were acting a little funky before but I didn't realize how bad things were out of whack and before I know it the motor was too hot to touch...
Cooled it down as quick as I could and then checked it with a megger, sure enough it reads practically zero from the windings to ground. I said some nasty words when I saw that as I'm sure you can imagine. Not really sure if it was the drive that took out the motor, or whether the motor went bad and took out the drive, but either way they're both toast now!
A replacement spindle motor (5HP) is USD$1,600 which isn't too bad, but shipping and import duties from the US are going to bring that up to north of CAD$2,500.
There are a couple of motor winding shops around me and one of them looks pretty nice. Will having a motor rebuilt result in something that's 'good as new' or does it result in something second rate? Should I go get this motor rebuilt, or just scrap it and get a new one?
Thanks!
-Aaron
One of the Fadals that I'm currently rebuilding let the magic smoke out of the drive and spindle motor today... They were acting a little funky before but I didn't realize how bad things were out of whack and before I know it the motor was too hot to touch...
Cooled it down as quick as I could and then checked it with a megger, sure enough it reads practically zero from the windings to ground. I said some nasty words when I saw that as I'm sure you can imagine. Not really sure if it was the drive that took out the motor, or whether the motor went bad and took out the drive, but either way they're both toast now!
A replacement spindle motor (5HP) is USD$1,600 which isn't too bad, but shipping and import duties from the US are going to bring that up to north of CAD$2,500.
There are a couple of motor winding shops around me and one of them looks pretty nice. Will having a motor rebuilt result in something that's 'good as new' or does it result in something second rate? Should I go get this motor rebuilt, or just scrap it and get a new one?
Thanks!
-Aaron