In a message of 27 May 95  16:51:32, Ryan Howes wrote:
RH> Had a problem today with a motor I purchased recently called a guy a
RH> John's Hobby shop where I bought it to ask him how to break it in and
RH> he said to hook it up to an old train transformer to break it in, well
RH> the paper that came with it said use 3 or 4 volts to break it in the
RH> lowest the transformer went was 5. So I did it after running it a
RH> little while it started smoking and melted a little of the styrofoam 
RH> box in which I had it sitting on. Do ya guys think I ruined the motor???
     Was the transformer putting out AC or DC?  If it was AC that explains 
why it got so hot.  The only was to know if it is burnt is to put it in the 
car and see how well it runs.
          MC
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