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   Appreciate all the discussion here as I've gotten an old 484 working and all   
   greased up but it too blows the motor fuse (I already jumped the lower-amp   
   circuit breaker).  Based on the info in this post, I wanted to see how many   
   amps are actually being    
   drawn so I hooked my own supply to each.  One was fine but the one that lifts   
   and replaces the record was pegging the needle on the supply.  I can turn it   
   with my hand pretty easy. Well... I kept lifting the record and putting it   
   back by reversing the    
   polarity.  Well... after about 20 times, the amp meter showed under 1.?  I   
   think that reversing the polarity caused all the charged dust in the motor to   
   re-situate. I couldn't believe my eyes (and didn't). So I have a fuse in right   
   now as I type and I've    
   listened to a bunch of records with no trouble. --the fuse WAS blowing within   
   2 records. Note that I did NOT remove and clean the motor as the author in   
   this thread did. I may actually try taking the jumper off of the circuit   
   breaker.   
      
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