Thread: External metal jacket on the Drill motor and FP motor, WHY?
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Re: External metal jacket on the Drill motor and FP motor, WHY?
Posted by Joe Taylor at 05/30/2001 6:39 PM EST


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In Reply to: External metal jacket on the Drill motor and FP motor, WHY?
Posted by Dennis Hughes on 05/30/2001 2:01 PM EST:



I think It's just there so the effect of the magnetic field from the motor is less dramatic to surrounding componentry. We've run without it with no apparent performance loss, and taking it offf actually aided in cooling the motor down.


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