Ronnie Sullivan
Member
I was asked to disconnect and later reconnect a motor but told the customer it would be 4 hours before I could get there as I was on a job.
They didn't like that I wasn't hung up behind the door ready to pounce and said they would do it themselves.
A few days later I was asked to attend same motor as it had seemingly burned out.
It had.
They assured me it went back wire for wire and they even took a photograph and printed it to make sure.
On inspection amid the acrid burned winding smell, I could see by looking at the photograph and the wires, they had indeed put them back in the correct order.
But.... when disconnecting, they had loosened both nuts on each pillar.
And when reconnecting they had tightened the top nut onto the bottom nut.
firmly securing the connecting lugs but leaving the motor winding wire lugs loose.
This cost them a new motor.
So as the title says - reconnecting a motor is childsplay eh.
They didn't like that I wasn't hung up behind the door ready to pounce and said they would do it themselves.
A few days later I was asked to attend same motor as it had seemingly burned out.
It had.
They assured me it went back wire for wire and they even took a photograph and printed it to make sure.
On inspection amid the acrid burned winding smell, I could see by looking at the photograph and the wires, they had indeed put them back in the correct order.
But.... when disconnecting, they had loosened both nuts on each pillar.
And when reconnecting they had tightened the top nut onto the bottom nut.
firmly securing the connecting lugs but leaving the motor winding wire lugs loose.
This cost them a new motor.
So as the title says - reconnecting a motor is childsplay eh.