hotponyshoes
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Fired up my router yesterday,
It's not been used for a while, worked fine when I switched it on in free air but as soon as I started cutting there was a loud 'pop' and the breaker for the sockets tripped out.
Whisp of smoke and the normal burning electrics smell...
I whipped the covers off and I can't see anything that looks physically damaged.
It's a pretty simple circuit, mains into the trigger, then onto a potted speed controller then onto the brush housing on the motor.
The only thing I can think might have made that noise is a nondescript lump at the bottom of the trigger switch that the parts list calls a supression filter.
The router still seems to be working after turning the breaker back on, speed control and soft start still works and it works under load although I was only doing light trimming
Do I replace the supression filter?
A new one is <£10 but looks fiddly to fit.
What does it do?
Is it just preventing interference from going back to the mains supply?
Or , is it protection for the speed control from the incoming mains?
A replacement speed control is £100> so if it's protecting the machine then I will spend an hour replacing it..
It's not been used for a while, worked fine when I switched it on in free air but as soon as I started cutting there was a loud 'pop' and the breaker for the sockets tripped out.
Whisp of smoke and the normal burning electrics smell...
I whipped the covers off and I can't see anything that looks physically damaged.
It's a pretty simple circuit, mains into the trigger, then onto a potted speed controller then onto the brush housing on the motor.
The only thing I can think might have made that noise is a nondescript lump at the bottom of the trigger switch that the parts list calls a supression filter.
The router still seems to be working after turning the breaker back on, speed control and soft start still works and it works under load although I was only doing light trimming
Do I replace the supression filter?
A new one is <£10 but looks fiddly to fit.
What does it do?
Is it just preventing interference from going back to the mains supply?
Or , is it protection for the speed control from the incoming mains?
A replacement speed control is £100> so if it's protecting the machine then I will spend an hour replacing it..
