> I guess the next question would be is it bad to run it with it not starting > up? It appears to time out after a few seconds anyway.
Bad, yes. You are counting on the thermal breaker to pop to prevent the winding from frying. These self-reset with time, so it will continue to cycle. This will heat the winding (not good) and cycle the thermal breaker (also not good), which could wear out. In the worst-case scenario, the motor catches on fire when the thermal breaker stops doing its job. The motor is drawing _starting_ current during this time, many times more than normal running current. Heat, heat, heat. Bad, bad, bad. -- Jim _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
