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Re: Good motor practices

The magnets themselves are brittle. Very tight clearance between the magnet and the rotor. Magnet flakes from being dropped will lock up the rotor.

You don't see/smell the magic smoke from the cims because they are sealed. Al has posted pictures on another thread of what a smoked cim looks like.