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Rob Duffy
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:29 pm |
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I am quite stumped. Me and my grandfather (Master electrician) got the zombie to run. But only in reverse?! 
I am quite stumped on why it only runs in reverse.
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:42 pm |
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| It also runs very weak. I do not know whats wrong with it. But its alive! And I gave it the nickname "Zombie". Attached Image (viewed 130 times):
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:42 pm |
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| All that stuff in the back is for my Commodore 64. =P
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:45 pm |
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| I'd stop running it before it explodes....
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:57 pm |
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We ran it for 10 minutes straight, nothing happen to it. We even removed the switch completely and ran the motor bare and it still ran backwards.
Grandfather said the motor was fine its just, well there is something odd about it. No funny smells, no odd malfunctions, just runs backwards. Anyone have a solution?
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 06:57 pm |
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| It is unirversal AC-DC brushed, if that helps at all.
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Rob Duffy
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 07:25 pm |
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| SOLVED! AND BOY DOES IT HAVE POWER!
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William Schaub
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 08:06 pm |
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Rob Duffy wrote: SOLVED! AND BOY DOES IT HAVE POWER!
Ok and what was the problem? did you have turn the plug around? I think Ive seen a fan go in reverse once that was ment only to be puged in with a polarized plug once when a replacement coard was grafted on (this was a modern POS plastic wallmart fan)
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 09:22 pm |
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| What did you end up doing? or did I miss something?
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 09:29 pm |
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| If its a brush motor - change the wires going to the brushes - someone has changed them around!! Last edited on Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 01:15 am by Ron Jeter
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Rob Duffy
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 10:05 pm |
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| Thats exactly what I did and it runs great. No speeds though because the speed coil is shot. I am looking for a new speed coil though. =]
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 10:22 pm |
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Rob Duffy wrote: It is unirversal AC-DC brushed, if that helps at all.
Oops! Sorry, I kept thinking yours had a regular motor....
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Posted: Mon Jul 21st, 2008 10:24 pm |
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| Full power, this thing is on steriods! o.O Attached Image (viewed 70 times):
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William Schaub
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 02:07 am |
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Rob Duffy wrote: All that stuff in the back is for my Commodore 64. =P
Nice to see someone else that is into vintage computers.
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Posted: Tue Jul 22nd, 2008 02:14 am |
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| Both of them work... One even has the original box and all!
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