[GreenKeys] Safety tip - AC wiring / !!!MOTOR WARNING!!!

[Nick England]

Good advice from Tom!

One thing to do with questionable wiring coming out of a motor is to slide
a sleeve of heatshrink tubing down over the wire and as far into the motor
as you can.
Or use some other sleeve material that a) won't melt and b) won't conduct
electricity!

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 1:18 PM, Thomas Tillson via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> !!!MOTOR WARNING!!!
>
> Motor disassembly is not for the faint hearted or the uninitiated!
>
> Special tools are needed for the removal of the end bells and the armature.
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> Namely the Teletype bearing puller, and an arbor press.
>
> If you are tempted to take out the bells and bearings with a big
> "kabonger", you will do major irreparable damage to it.
>
> Tom Tillson
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> In a message dated 3/8/2017 11:33:20 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> creativegardening at hotmail.com writes:
>
> Well, I am a rookie and don't know a whole lot about electronics.
> What do you do with an old piece of equipment and a not so good looking
> wire coming out of the motor. I never opened up a motor housing to rewire
> the cord.
> Is it possible and how difficult is it to replace  ???
>
> Nick  -  N0NCQ
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