Recent content by Mchas

I don’t even see the nozzles anymore?

I thought about possibly doing that, but I am guessing it would cost $10k+ for 5 inverters and 5 new motors?

All good, I appreciate other perspectives and questioning if what I am doing makes sense. An automatic down for a whole month - ouch! Definitely worth paying up in that case.

I hear you but I still think it’s worth it in the long run. Sure I started the thread 6 weeks ago but I haven’t spent 6 solid weeks working on this. I bought the parts and they sat around until I felt like giving it a try a few nights ago. And when I say “I”, I really meant I and the maintenance...

I thought about trying a different brand (Baldor) but heard they use the same start switches that go bad. Maybe that’s no longer true.

Well I have 10 of these motors in use and each one seems to last about 2-3 years so it ends up being about one every few months needing repaired. In my experience the single phase motors just don’t last all that long. I have another location with three phase motors and those things go for...

Sometimes they replace just the switch(es), sometimes they also replace the bearings, I guess just based on their judgement. If by “how long does it take” you mean actual labor time, I’m not sure, but I know they usually have it done a few weeks after I drop it off. After trying to repair one...

Local shop charges ~$400+ for the repair. The switches cost around $100, the bearings around $40 (if needed). If I can figure out how to repair these myself I’ll save a few hundred each time which adds up. Not only that but the repair shop takes a few weeks to do the repairs (since they have to...

I’m pretty sure they are the right parts, they look identical to the old parts I took off of the old motor. Didn’t think to take pictures, but it looks like this. That black ring on the back is what broke on me twice. There was a small amount of rust on the shaft but I sanded it down pretty...

Ok so I bought the parts and attempted a repair last night but ran into an issue. The centrifugal switch has some kind of ceramic or plastic ring on the back of it and I broke two of them trying to push it onto the shaft. Is there a trick to this??

Not only that, but with swipers only, you can’t accept Apple Pay or other phone-based payments which are super common these days. The CryptoTap Plus on vacuums seems like the way to go, otherwise you need the swiper plus the CryptoTap and that’s a lot to fit on a small vac faceplate.

I used adding vacuum CC readers as a good excuse to raise the price of the vacuums, so with that, yes it was worth it. Good usage so far.

Thought about that, but I’d feel a bit bad since they’d lose business by telling me how to do the repairs myself. Could be an option though if I can’t figure it out otherwise.

Agree the bearings shouldn’t normally need to be changed, any idea what the exact part numbers for the start switches and start capacitors would be for a Leeson 131537? I spent a ton of time trying to find a parts diagram for it but couldn’t. I’d like to order the parts ahead of time so when I...

I have a bunch of Leeson 5HP single phase motors and they seem to only last a few years before needing repairs. I have a local repair shop that I have been using for years but it’s getting pretty expensive ($400+). Seems like the parts would cost around $100-150, so I was wondering if anyone...