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Chris Stevens
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Yes thats happened to mine before. Good idea to take the end cover off once in a while and check all is ok.
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That sounds like military philosophy- take it apart every 12 months to find out why it's still working ( because it says so on the job card)!! Then put it back together and find it doesn't work any more!!
I come from a background where we did weekly/monthly/annual preventive maintenance on equipment, which, to be honest, saved a lot of fault calls.
It is a lot more common than you may think. I have seen a number of electrical service places that use hot soapy water to clean circuit boards - you have to make sure they are properly dried quickly so things do not go rusty (normally component pins)
Also most places that overhaul large motors will use a pressure washer the clean everything 4 pole or slower and then put them in an oven to dry.
You can use solvents as an alternative, but these can actually do more damage, other alternative is dry ice cleaning but this has limitations
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Most modern pcb's the components are glued down or pressed onto a solder past to go through a wave bath of solder to solder them or are baked in a oven where the solder flows then they are automatically washed to remove any flux residue. you just need to watch things like variable resistors or switched these are sometimes sealed at the factory until they have been washed.
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never cleaned them bearings seem to always go on me instead of replacing them i just buy a new one instead
if cleaning out the pointing it only lasts for one job 2 if im lucky theyve always lasted past the burn out point if any dust gets in them
if cleaning out the pointing it only lasts for one job 2 if im lucky theyve always lasted past the burn out point if any dust gets in them
My grinders mostly used to get used for boat building & boat repairs on GRP boats, this usually involves heavy prolonged use grinding fibreglass for up to 6 hours at a time with a few breaks! this is about as much as anyone can stand! The dust clogs the cooling passages up something awful & the grinders would get blown out with compressed air several times a day. Makita ones died quickly with switch failure, Black & decker just died. AEG were the nuts & went on & on. One i had lasted nearly 20 years. Metabo were also excellent. My first & last disposable grinder was a silverline that lasted all of 20 minutes before going pop!
And before you ask yes i lived in a respirator & no i dont miss it at all!
And before you ask yes i lived in a respirator & no i dont miss it at all!
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Umm, I may have used that once or twice!! Sharp pencil clear conscience, I think that was the saying mate!!
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Vark & daleyd; You speak in strange tongues
I sharpen my pencils a few times a day, but not sure about the connection..
I sharpen my pencils a few times a day, but not sure about the connection..
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It's a naval thing, we were given job cards to carry out planned maintenance which usually involved stripping something down to put it all back together again.Vark & daleyd; You speak in strange tongues
If you were a bit unscrupulous you would perhaps just make sure your pencil was sharp rather than get your toolbox out, not that those sorts of things would ever happen. *cough cough
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The Metabo I have now has the marathon motor, it's dustproof and I wouldn't think of taking it to pieces while it is working perfectly.
