At 09:13 PM 12/27/2009, Boucheron wrote: >After taking my motor out I use electric motor oil on the bushings to >get it moving again and then connected it to a 10 amp battery charger. >At first it was drawing around 8 amps and I would stop it often to add >more oil. I think it was down to about 4 amps after running 48 hours or >so. Has been working fine for over 4 years now. That would be for the bare motor. Based on three samples, a good motor with the blower wheel attached and the case assembled (but not installed in the heater box) draws just about twelve amps running in free air from a fully charged battery with engine stopped. Yrs, David |
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