bobofsomerset
Member
Hi all,
I'm having a spot of bother with my recently-purchased Startrite SD-31 planer thicknesser. The motor is overheating and cutting out. I know it's high summer but I measured the temperature near the machine and it was 25-26 Celsius which I would imagine it should be able to cope with.
I was wondering if any of you folks had any experience with planer motors overheating and what can cause it, in the Startrite manual it says that a low voltage supply can be the problem (it is single phase). I have contacted Startrite (actually Record Power) and they have offered to send me a new motor but was wondering if it could be something else, before I commit to replacing the motor.
I suppose it's quite a simple machine and there are few things that could cause the motor to overheat rather than the motor itself, so it probably is the motor, but was just wondering if it might be the belt tension or something like that - actually there a slight smell of burning rubber and belt seems to have been throwing off a bit of rubber dust from itself.
I don't think that I am overloading it with timber and the blades are sharp.
Any ideas most appreciated,
Thank you.
I'm having a spot of bother with my recently-purchased Startrite SD-31 planer thicknesser. The motor is overheating and cutting out. I know it's high summer but I measured the temperature near the machine and it was 25-26 Celsius which I would imagine it should be able to cope with.
I was wondering if any of you folks had any experience with planer motors overheating and what can cause it, in the Startrite manual it says that a low voltage supply can be the problem (it is single phase). I have contacted Startrite (actually Record Power) and they have offered to send me a new motor but was wondering if it could be something else, before I commit to replacing the motor.
I suppose it's quite a simple machine and there are few things that could cause the motor to overheat rather than the motor itself, so it probably is the motor, but was just wondering if it might be the belt tension or something like that - actually there a slight smell of burning rubber and belt seems to have been throwing off a bit of rubber dust from itself.
I don't think that I am overloading it with timber and the blades are sharp.
Any ideas most appreciated,
Thank you.