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Air compressor tripping breaker


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Got a small compressor given to me due to it only turning 1/3 of the way round on the output shaft, i have now freed it up and it will do a full rotation with ease by hand, now the problem is i wont turn under its own power; it just trips the beraker at the fuse board... 

 

Has anyone got some wisdom for me :)

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If it has seized then the motor may have overloaded and shorted out one or all of the windings basically frying the wire. A multimeter over the coils on resistance should tell if its dead or not. If the wire is shorted then the only cure is a rewind.

*i know very little about motors but thats what I think happens when they go a bit doohickey. 

If the motors shanked and want rid I am after a compressor without motor for a project......

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