[GreenKeys] ASR 33 motor buzzing

[Roy Morgan]

Brad,

You may simply have a bad motor run capacitor.  Check that there is one (I
dont know but suspect there is) and replace it.  If it is open (the likely
failure mode) then the motor won't run.

Roy

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 9:15 PM, Brad via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> Okay so I think I may have a dead motor on my hands.  When I power my ASR
> on I hear a loud buzzing, and I can hear and feel it coming from the main
> motor.  However if I manually turn the motor shaft (clockwise), everything
> in the Teletype seems to move as it should, it’s not seized.  After a while
> it will blow the 2A fuse nearby.
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> Would that about be the right diagnosis?  Can the motors be rebuilt?
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> If anyone else has any other suggestions on stuff I can try, I’d be most
> appreciative.
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> B
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Regards,
Roy

Roy Morgan
k1lky since 1958
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