[Amps] Alpha 87a - Internal Fan Motor/Blower

[Mike Andrews]

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 09:45:54PM -0800, Brian Moran wrote:
> The internal squirrel cage fan motor in my Alpha 87a went from not noisy
> to 'noisy' to 'not moving - humming really LOUDLY' in about a week. Has
> anyone replaced just the motor portion with something available from say,
> Grainger or some other source, or is the most successful method to get an
> entire new blower from rf concepts? I'd like to have the amp back online
> by the first week of January...

Fixing this may be as "simple" (HA!) as pulling the blower, taking it to
your Friendly Neighborhood Small Electric Motor Repair Shop, and getting
new bearings put in it. Since you're going to have to pull the blower in
any event, have you considered that as an option?

Very 73 and best wishes for a fast, effective, easy repair, de

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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