I would tow it home then open the brush box and flush it with clean water and check for foreign objects.
Maybe someone who has done it can comment but I would use a smallish 12v battery to spin up the motor unloaded and see what happens. I believe DC motor controllers often fail shorted so that would also explain the fuse blowing and might be an easier fix/replacement. A little salt slush in the motor controller is a more likely cause of catastrophic failure than the motor itself. Wear goggles and gloves when playing with the motor and battery, flying molten metal and/or popping batteries have been known to cause sudden loss of vision. Lawrence > On Dec 27, 2016, at 14:55, EVDL Administrator via EV <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 27 Dec 2016 at 16:41, Jay Summet via EV wrote: > >> I used a 18 ga lamp cord in place of the fuse and tried to spin the >> motor in neutral. > > Try a larger wire. Remember that 1400+ amp starting surge. > > You might also try "pre-spinning" the motor to reduce the starting surge. > > I wouldn't give up on that motor so easily. I'm not a motor expert, and > someone should correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I've seen, big EV > motors seldom if ever fail dead shorted. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not > reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my > email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
