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Odd fan motor problem
Dec 08, 2013
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are the shading coils intact?
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If they somehow all broke, I think that would only impact starting, and you would be able to start it by flicking it like John was doing, although it would then run in either direction.
I can only imagine a couple of faults which might do this...
- Bearing failure is allowing the rotor to be pulled against the stator or frame when a magnetic field is applied, or
- The squirrel-cage has broken on the rotor, so there's no current flow induced to generate the turning force.
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