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   From: Tony.Miklos@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/18/2012 4:58 PM, robert wrote:   
   > Thanks for the advice Rob.   
   >   
   > I called one of the ads in the classified section of Always Jukin', my   
   > wife's boss gave me a copy.  (Thanks again, that was a great idea)   
   > Ironically, the the guy I called about purchasing two motors,   
   > suggested that I try a few things before spending the money for the   
   > motors.   
   >   
   > 1.  Running the motors while disconnected from each of their   
   > respective gear mechanisms to see what would happen without a load.   
   >   
   >       I tried it and it still blew the fuse.   
   >   
   > 2.  Clean the motor out:   
   >   
   >       So far I took the Gripper motor apart and it was filthy inside.   
   > I cleaned it out but need to do the same with the carousel motor.   
   > Once I do that I'll try it again and see what happens.   
   >   
   >   
   > I certainly appreciate your advice.  But I would like to see if there   
   > is any way that I may be able to fix this first before having to   
   > purchase another set of motors.  On one hand this is frustrating, but   
   > on the other, I am learning A LOT about the way these things work and   
   > it's really quite interesting :)   
      
   Did you unplug both motors and see if the fuse blows without them?  Did   
   you try plugging in one motor at a time to see which one is blowing the   
   fuse?  It's possible but highly doubtful that both motors are bad...   
   unless it was used as a parts machine and the good motors taken out and   
   replaced with the bad ones.  Besides, the two motors _never_ run at the   
   same time so unless the cam switches are screwed up, only one motor is   
   blowing the fuse at any given time.  If both motors are trying to run at   
   the same time you have some other issues.   
      
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