Kalamazoo H9AW motor issues

TFPace

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Oct 11, 2003

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Pinnacle, NC USA

• Jun 20, 2018

• #1

My trusty bandsaw is acting up after many years of faithful service.
The voltage is 110VAC, single phase obviously.

The motor just hums. Everything is free and moving in the gear box.

I'm no electrician but could the capacitor have failed?

Thanks,

Tom

 

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DDoug

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Oct 18, 2005

Location

NW Pa

• Jun 21, 2018

• #2

Switch it on, and quickly give it a spin.

Report back here with your findings.

 

TFPace

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Oct 11, 2003

Location

Pinnacle, NC USA

• Jun 21, 2018

• #3

Doug,

The sheave turns and the motor hums like mad. That's it. Capacitors maybe?

Thanks for chiming in.

Tom

 

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JimBoost

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Jun 19, 2018

• Jun 22, 2018

• #4

"The sheave turns and the motor hums like mad. That's it. Capacitors maybe?"

Hmm, perhaps? Is this the first time this happened?

 

TFPace

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Pinnacle, NC USA

• Jun 22, 2018

• #5

JimBoost said:

"The sheave turns and the motor hums like mad. That's it. Capacitors maybe?"

Hmm, perhaps? Is this the first time this happened?

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Jim,

Yes, this is the first time in 25 years of owning this saw. I'm going the remove the capacitor cover and ohm out the caps.

 

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WHHJR

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Near:Louisville, KY

• Jun 22, 2018

• #6

Just buy new One('s). They are cheap.

 

tnmgcarbide

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Jul 6, 2004

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N. GA- 33.992N , -83.72W usa

• Jun 22, 2018

• #7

if the caps are good, it could be a centrifugal switch inside the housing .

 

rons

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California, USA

• Jun 22, 2018

• #8

TFPace said:

Jim,

Yes, this is the first time in 25 years of owning this saw. I'm going the remove the capacitor cover and ohm out the caps.

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Then you have to expect a start capacitor. Don't turn on the motor any more. Just get a capacitor. Happened to me before, just once.

 

TFPace

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Location

Pinnacle, NC USA

• Jul 8, 2018

• #9

Sorry for the delay in replying.

The failure of the terminal on the larger capacitor was the problem $8.97 for a USA made capacitor and I was back in business.

Thanks guys for the help.

Tom