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Posted by =?iso-8859-15?Q?Tekkie=AE?= on August 14, 2006, 8:15 pm
burner1941 posted for all of us...
I don't top post - see either inline or at bottom.
> I should have been more specific, this is a 1 1/2 hp Armstrong water
> circulator. What seems so odd is that it was purchased last December,
> installed in January of this year. The problems were immediate upon
> startup, and baby sitted throughout the Winter. Now, in July the
> replacement sent by Baldor is doing the same thing.
>
> The motor shop has a test setup to allow the pump to be tested under
> load. Neither motor will accept any load, it runs with no load at near
> full load amps.
>
> It just seems unreasonable that a bad batch of motors made by Baldor
> wouldn't have shown up before now.
>
> Lou wrote:
> > Do you know if this is the same motor that is used in the Trane XL90?
> > We have gone through 3 motors in this furnace; the last one got so hot
> > it started to melt the plastic on the coils.
> > burner1941 wrote:
> > > Last Winter replaced a 1 1/2 horse pump, the new pump overloaded upon
> > > startup, managed to get thru heat season. The Baldor motor runs
> > > overloaded immediately, took it to motor shop, authorized by Armstrong,
> > > and the replacement motor did the same. [Thank goodness it showed up
> > > before reinstalling] Baldor is having both motors back to evaluate. I
> > > wonder if anyone else has experienced similiar problems.
>
>
Are you sure the pumps good? I think the motors going are a symptom of a bad
pump. But I am guessing...
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Tekkie
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