hodge911 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Need some help Is there anyone on here rewind electric motors ? I was given a frankford arsenal tumbler (brand new in unopened box) opened it up and it had a u.s plug fitted so I chopped it off and fitted a uk plug (found out correct code for u.s wire colours) plugged in switched on 👍 . It ran for about 20 seconds then went up in a puff of smoke , so I stripped the motor out only to find its rated at 120v 60hz 0.6A . The winding on the motor has fried but everything else is still like new .... I've looked around the net and its a shaded pole motor .... I've read that it is possible to get it rewound up to 240v so is there anyone on here that can do it . Will put some pictures up when I resize them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spandit Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 You'd be better off getting a new motor. Rewinding isn't cheap and for a small motor like that it won't be economical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 Get a new one and use a plug in transformer or whatver the thingy is called to take 240 down to 120. I have one for a couple of units I brought back from the USA. Just plugs in the 3 pin and then you plug the American unit into that. It even has the US two pin on mine. I would think you could get one shipped if you couldn't buy one here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbie to this Posted January 31, 2019 Report Share Posted January 31, 2019 32 minutes ago, Walker570 said: Get a new one and use a plug in transformer or whatver the thingy is called to take 240 down to 120. I have one for a couple of units I brought back from the USA. Just plugs in the 3 pin and then you plug the American unit into that. It even has the US two pin on mine. I would think you could get one shipped if you couldn't buy one here. It's a stepdown transformer and you can buy them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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