The story of my life...

[lincpimp]

Ok, so here is the best part of my day...

So I bench tested the unit with the new motor yesterday and it seemed to work fine. I reassembled the case today and had my friend give me a hand to get it back on the wall. Cranked it up, and after 4 mins of running on high the motor stopped. Pulled it back down onto the bench and temped the motor - 210f...

Let it cool and cranked it back up on low, motor quickly got to 165. Medium got it a bit warmer. Tried it on high for a minute or so and it really started to heat up. After about 2 mins it was touching 200f so I shut it down. Let it sit for a few and the outer case was up to 218. Tried to switch it back on and it would not run till it cooled to about 160. Keep in mind this is on a bench with some moving air from a fan blowing over it.

So I guess I have a bad motor. Even the 30 yr old motor would not get up to 200, it shut down at about 165. This is a bit depressing, will call the motor guy tomorrow and see what he can do. This unit is pretty simple, and I cannot see how the switch could be causing the motor to overheat. I guess the walmart unit will go in the wall next, hope it lasts longer than 4 mins.

This is definitely the story of my life... Thwarted at ever step.