Industrail hobbies mill motor death

[minsk]

i have a ih600 industrial hobbies mill. it is aweseome. It is new to me. Everything was working fine. Today i do 6 light face mill cuts...prlly like a though or 2 deep. they came out awesome... After the process i turned off the mill. Walked way. Then i smelled smoke. I tunred around to see light smoke coming off the motor. I can still tunr it on...it spins very slow. Im thinking dead motor or run capacitor. Any thoughts are welcomed.

 

[markba633csi]

If a capacitor failed there should be visual signs; liquid coming out and possible bulging- if not then a winding must have shorted in the motor, that would not be fixable in most cases
Does this motor have 1 capacitor or 2? How many horsepower and what voltage are you running it on?

When motors of 1 HP or more are run on 120 volts sometimes there is enough voltage drop in the house wiring that the motor strains and overheats

 

[minsk]

fixed...gear
controlled..

 

[minsk]

If a capacitor failed there should be visual signs; liquid coming out and possible bulging- if not then a winding must have shorted in the motor, that would not be fixable in most cases
Does this motor have 1 capacitor or 2? How many horsepower and what voltage are you running it on?

it looked like gear oil was leaking under the motor.

 

[markba633csi]

Hmm- might be a cap then. I believe those have 2 caps: a start cap and a run cap so the run cap might have failed
Look under the cap covers and see what you find
Post some pics if you can

 

[minsk]

no pics...there was what looked like oil leaking from the base...not a capacitor leak.....the motor is on top of the mill like a precision matthews

 

[minsk]

it looked like gear oil was leaking under the motor.

ill get some pics tomrrow...hoping that is all it is..thats simple fix...just got this mill and it was running awesome

 

[minsk]

it was the start capacitor ...10 bucks on amazon...lucked out

 

[Larry$]

Another reason to dislike single phase!