Chris C Posted May 3, 2020 Share Posted May 3, 2020 I've got a horse and a half motor that has been sitting in the corner of one of my dusty buildings for the past 20 years. It's on an old electric power washer. Pulled it out today to see if it worked. It runs for about 10 seconds and then kicks the breaker. (20amp) I've blown the dust out of the motor to see if that helped and it didn't. I'm not using an extension cord, just the original cord on the power washer. I disconnected the shaft from the pressure pump portion to see if that might be causing the problem and it wasn't. I've greased the pump and it turns by hand. Motor turns easily. Starts just fine so it's not the started capacitor. Any thoughts from you motor gurus????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Perhaps it's not kicking out the starter circuit when it gets to speed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 I would clamp on an amp-meter to see what it is doing as it runs and ramps up to speed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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