27 May 95 16:51, Ryan Howes was yackin' to All and said:
 RH> Had a problem today with a motor I purchased recently called a
 RH> guy a John's Hobby shop where I bought it to ask him how to break
 RH> it in and he said to hook it up to an old train transformer to
 RH> break it in, well the paper that came with it said use 3 or 4
 RH> volts to break it in the lowest the transformer went was 5. So I
 RH> did it after running it a little while it started smoking and
 RH> melted a little of the styrofoam box in which I had it sitting
 RH> on. Do ya guys think I ruined the motor??? PLEASE
 RH> REPLY!!!!!!! Ryan Howes
Was your transformer AC?   I can't see burning a motor on 5 volts unless it 
was defective to begin with.  But wait what kind of motor are you talking 
about.
allabes
Ian Macaulay
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