Re: Gecko burned out

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, "Keith Clark" <mail@t...>
wrote:

>
> Thanks Jon,
>
> I think the motors being new are ok but have not had a chance to
> really check for loose wires until tonight. I'll have to really go
> throught the wiring and see what I find. I don't understand how it
> works all day then the next day when turned on something blows.
> Maybe it will all make sense once I take the thing apart.
>
> Thanks
> Keith
>

Could have been a stray bit of swarf lodged in the wrong place? Not
an absolute guarantee but by placing fans in the housing to over
pressure it - (ie blow air in through a filter rather than out thus
sucking in grot through any old nook and cranny)helps a lot

Andrew Mawson
Bromley, Kent, UK