I know that cold weather is tough on combustion engines, but how about electric motors? I fired up my 220 V 3hp planer today and it was very slow getting up to speed. The shop is not heated and was probably around freezing. I have a 100 amp panel in the shop. Only thing on was 220 V 3hp DC pulling about 18 A. Does cold weather affect machines? Will it damage them?
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My guess is it was more the lube and the belt than the motor. I worked in the steel industry and saw motors out in the elements all the time with no ill effects.John Hunter -
probably lubrication (gets thick when cold) in the bearings and the belt was probably very stiff.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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Cool. The 15" planers do have a lot of gear oil in them so that with the belt stiffening makes sense. I didn't know if there was possible metal contraction or some thing like that.
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