CONTEST - what was wrong with this motor?

Wires screwed to terminals without removing insulation?

D-cell battery in place of starting cap?

no

no

But something even more monumentally stupid.

Wires either not connected to anything or all connected to the same terminal inside?

Am I warm about the starting cap being replaced by something strange? Was it a relay in an aluminum can? A tiny electrolytic capacitor? a can of red bull?

If not, then they must have plugged the ventillation holes to keep the dust out.

My guess on the motor is a broken wire. But the ebay ad would scare me away from this buyer, therefore, I think the ad is the thing that is wrong with the motor. "Comes from a non-smoking household?" He's kidding, right?

Steve

Ignoramus26960 wrote in news:TrydnVB0PdsZmBvWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

The seller tried to run it on 120V.

Burned out, frozen solid, bent shaft? It doesn't look like it spent a year underwater in NOLA.

jsw

Everyone had great guesses on dumb things that a motor owner could do or overlook.

Unfortunately, no one guessed right.

The motor was "not running" because the reset button on it was in a popped position.

What was "wrong" with the motor was that the RESET button on the motor needed to be pressed. Once I pressed the RESET button, the motor ran like a champ.

Who got the piece of steel?

OK, here are a few stupid ones:

- nothing at all

- wiring harness not connected to motor

- blown start cap

- connected to a 120V supply

I already posted the answer. "Nothing at all" is the closest answer. It had a RESET button that needed to be pressed.

I can believe that, I was once given a delta radial arm saw because the reset button needed pressing.

basilisk

ROTFLMAO

Such people usually say "I am not an electrician".

I was looking at an all aluminum pneumatic pogo stick at a yard sale, wondering if it was cheap enough, was it worth buying for the material. I was told it was a freebie because it didn't work anymore, and that certainly made it worth taking home. But once home, I couldn't resist pumping up the air chamber. That's all that was wrong with it, either it leaked down or someone bled the air. My kids had a lot of fun with it...

Jon

Ignoramus2215 wrote in news:3oadnaHaArcY8RvWnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Why had it popped?

That's what "the problem" was...

Does this mean you bought a motor listed as dead?

Wes

Yes.

Wes

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