Interesting evening last night. Went to check the car tyres before going out to a 50th birthday and BANG!. Electric all trips. Hmmm. Left it, went out and set about it this morning.
Compressor is an old Clarke, about 14cfm if I recall. At least 18 years old and not worked massively.
Motor tried to turn over once I got the belt off but it trips the thing on the compressor power box - it's like a mini re settable fuse in the neutral. Temporarily bypassed that to see if it was just that thing and motor will turn but very slowly. The big capacitor seems physically OK but electrically I have no way of testing it. One or two of the spade connectors on it have been hot in the past but they weren't exactly tight.
Started stripping the bits off the motor and there's a lot of rust inside, probably from 10 years of a tumble drier in the garage and all that condensation. It used to play hell with my tools until I called time and got rid of the drier. Spinning the motor over the front bearing is noisy as hell too and since I don't have a press it will be hard to replace.
So what do we think chaps? Replace the complete motor or try to repair it?
Compressor is an old Clarke, about 14cfm if I recall. At least 18 years old and not worked massively.
Motor tried to turn over once I got the belt off but it trips the thing on the compressor power box - it's like a mini re settable fuse in the neutral. Temporarily bypassed that to see if it was just that thing and motor will turn but very slowly. The big capacitor seems physically OK but electrically I have no way of testing it. One or two of the spade connectors on it have been hot in the past but they weren't exactly tight.
Started stripping the bits off the motor and there's a lot of rust inside, probably from 10 years of a tumble drier in the garage and all that condensation. It used to play hell with my tools until I called time and got rid of the drier. Spinning the motor over the front bearing is noisy as hell too and since I don't have a press it will be hard to replace.
So what do we think chaps? Replace the complete motor or try to repair it?