I wasn’t expecting one, I just found it sort of funny the way thing thing threw sparks. That being said, in probably 10+ years of buying/using HF stuff, this is the first time I’ve had something fail on me.
-D > On Jun 20, 2022, at 9:05 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Say what you want about Harbor Freight, I have never had even the slightest > argument if I needed to return something. > > > On Tue, Jun 21, 2022, at 12:03 AM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes wrote: >> Last week when I went on a spree at HF to equip my Flagstaff shop with >> the requisite tools I wanted/needed to maintain my vehicles, I bought >> one of their random orbit polishers. I’ve got one at the Florida house >> that has served me well for some years, so I bought the same, possibly >> nicer/upgraded version. >> >> Went to use it yesterday to polish some scratches out of the ML350’s finish. >> >> Hit the switch and was greeted with a shower of sparks out of the motor >> vents, accompanied by a rather nasty burning insulation odor. I >> wondered if maybe there was some oil or lube that was burning off since >> it was new, so I continued to use it for a few minutes without any >> change in it’s behavior. >> >> I unplugged it and set it aside. >> >> Took it back to HF today. Told the guy that I didn’t pay for the >> additional “flamethrower” option, to which he chuckled and directed me >> to pull another off the shelf to replace the one I was returning. >> >> I was caught up with painting the kitchen and dining room today, so I >> didn’t have a chance to test the replacement one. I’ll do that tomorrow. >> >> -D >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
