While I have had good sanding experiences with the R2600, Anyone have trouble with using the dust collection port attached to a shop vacuum? I have now had 2 of the R2600's die when I plugged in my shop vac into the dust collection port. It seems like the suction caused enough resistance on the motor that it "burned" out. I got the first one replaced under the 90 day return policy and I didn't try the vacuum attached mode again until this weekend and guess what... it happened again. This time I can't just take it back to the store but must either
go through the warranty service or order the parts and do it myself. I took it all a part (pretty simple machine actually!) and could find no obvious mechanical problems. So the only electronics are a PC board associated with the switch or the armature itself. Both are about $25 parts from Ridgidparts. I'd rather order 1 and not both to find out I only need one. My best guess is that something blew on the PC board but it could be perhaps a short in the armature windings maybe? Can anyone tell me what the resistance of the armature should be in one
that isn't broken? I meaured mine to be about 4 Ohms on adjacent armature contacts and about 8 ohms on contacts on opposite sides of the
armature. I'd appreciate any info! Thanks in advance!
-DB