[TowerTalk] US Tower HDX572

[Jim Lux]

On 9/18/12 5:45 AM, Tom Crothers wrote:
> Hi Everyone,  Does
> anyone have any words to the wise as far as ordering one of these available
> motors?  Does anyone recommend anything else, and/or have success stories
> from past experiences with failed tower motors?

Are you sure the motor has hard failed?  Is the capacitor good? The 
capacitor switch?  If it's been sitting outside and exposed to the 
elements, it might just be crudded up and needs cleaning.

If you've got a motor repair/rewind shop around, they might be able to 
fix it cheaper than buying a new motor.

Induction motors are easy to take apart and pretty hard to permanently 
break, so before trashing a dead motor, it might be worth spending 20 
minutes to tear it apart and see if there's some obvious problem.

If it had severe damage (overvoltage or melting the insulation from 
overtemp), then rewinding is an option, but for <1 HP, it's usually 
cheaper to just get a new motor.