smoking drill motors?

[quickie25]

We did do a little engineering on the motors, but nothing that would smoke or cause melting. We have not tested the motors again since we saw the smoke. We will be dissasembling the motors tomorrow for another looksee. I will let everyone know if we find the problem and a solution.

Thanks for your responses....

[Caleb Fulton]

I have seen these motors:

1) Smoke

2) De-solder themselves (no joke)

3) Cut off their own fins because the black plastic melted and hit other components inside

4) Break off their black connectors after falling a mere 3"

And so much more...

Just make sure you always have a fuse in there when you're testing and/or messing around with them, and be careful--you don't want your hand anywhere near the pinion when they are just firing up or stopping.