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    DrOldUnit previously posted:
    "Yeah, now I just need to talk the Flounder and Smash into another winter winchfest up Yankee Hill."

    I don't think Smash is up for it but I am Rob, post it up!
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    Dang! You called me out. I'll have to get a snow run together in the new year.

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    You didn't expect anything less did you Rob?
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    I was hoping maybe you weren't paying attention.

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    I'm always on top of this stuff!
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    Testing our work:

    When I reassembled the motor, the shaft did not spin freely by hand. It would make a few revolutions and get hard to turn, regardless of direction. When I put power to the motor, it sounded pretty loud. Time to have a look inside!

    When I took the rotor out, the fresh paint had obvious witness marks: The armature was rubbing one of the coil retainers. Subsequent examination revealed that I had let an insulating strip slip under the coil retainer when I reassembled the field coils. It’s the details that will ruin your day!

    Picture 1: I didn’t take any pictures of the carnage, but this old picture shows the insulating strip and it’s proximity to the coil retainer.

    After reassembly, the motor sounded much better. After a run test, it was time to check for water contamination in the gearbox and put everything back together.

    Picture 2: The three bearings that were loose in the spool found their home in the coupler that joins the motor to the drive gear. The ends of the spool are supported by the housings at each end; the three bearings keep the coupler centered in the spool.

    Rob, this picture also shows why I was concerned about how much room we had behind the spool, and why I rotated the spool by hand before applying power to wind the cable. Having the new bolt catch one of those ribs could have been disastrous.
          
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    So what was the end result Mike? Did everything work out after we left this afternoon?

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    The fun tes...uh, RUN test!

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    1freaky1 previously posted:
    "So what was the end result Mike? Did everything work out after we left this afternoon?"

    It's mounted and the new cable has been spooled.

    We didn't do a load test. It sounds like that will come soon enough.
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    Cool beans!

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    Very nice work, Mike!

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    Mike I finally got to see the video, very cool test. So being the electric guru you are what kept the current from traveling while submersed?

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    Excellent video, Mike.

    I'll hook it up to the 40 this weekend for a load test.

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    1freaky1 previously posted:
    "So being the electric guru you are what kept the current from traveling while submersed?"

    Nothing at all. In fact, some current did bleed ground, just not enough to do anything exciting.

    Golden's finest tap water is not a very good electrical conductor. Copper wire is a much better conductor. More electrons took the copper bus.
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    Searching for information on my superwinch via google, and ended up back at my home site

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    Too funny! That means you're now the web expert!
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    That is funny, in an ironic way!

    Do they sell parts for these, yet?
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