[ausev] 8" ADC motor

[Sarah & Erik]

Hi Roy,

Out of curiosity do you know what's wrong?

I took my motor to Tomecek Electric Motor Repair in Taylor. Dropping
it off was a little disconcerting, as I was told to I placed it on the
ground near a whole bunch of other motors to be worked on, described
what I wanted done and was on my way. I got a call in about 10 days
and they said it was ready.

They had relaquered all of the windings, turned and grooved the comm,
cleaned a far too conductive brush holder, generally cleaned the
inside and given the outside a fresh coat of paint. That being said,
all I really asked for was to turn and groove the comm, but they found
the brush holder failing the insulation test. It ended up being a few
dollars more than I thought (250-350 I think), but the guys working on
the motors really knew their stuff and honestly everything they did is
something that should've been done. I'd say they're generally a good
place to take a motor.

What is neat about this, is this motor has been through at least five
or six years of service and the top to bottom tune up is around $300.
This probably wouldn't have even been needed, save cleaning the brush
holder, if I hadn't tried to "smooth" the comm myself and end up
royally messing it up.

The other place I called is Hamilton Electric on Airport. Don't know
much about them.

Oh and if you don't want your motor to end up industrial gray, I'd
make it VERY clear :)

Erik

On 5/9/07, Aaron Choate <achoate at gmail.com> wrote:
> There's an electric motor rebuild company over by me on Airport.
>
> http://www.hamilton-electric.com/
>
> I have never dealt with them, but they have been in business for a while
> from the looks of the paint and such on the building...
>
> I think Erik found somebody out of town somewhere as well that he ended up
> going with for the work he had done on the Cabriolet..
>
> Cheers,
>
> Aaron Choate
>
>
> On 5/9/07, Roy Holder <roy at holder3.com> wrote:
> > Anybody know where to get the CD motor repaired locally?
> >
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