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Kenmore 4.1 Powermate Canister.... Can I still run it? 		[Down to Last]

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Post# 304930   11/5/2014 at 20:10 (3,453 days old) by Jaker15 (Meridian, ID)        

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So, I have been told that the high speed windings in my Kenmore are failing, which is causing the crackling noise and slowing of the motor speed when I have it running on HIGH speed. It still runs just fine on LOW speed. 

Is it safe for me to continue using this Kenmore on LOW only? 
Post# 305539 , Reply# 1   11/9/2014 at 23:17 (3,449 days old) by sbakerde (Millsboro, DE )        
You are

Correct that their is only one field coil. So it's not possible that the high speed coil would burn out because it's all the same one. If any part of the coil is damaged or defective the whole thing is bad. The switch chaged back and forth from using the entire field coil to using only half or a percentage of it for low speed. This is because leads are brough out from the center(ish) of the coil windings. By using only the half the magnetic field acting on the armature is weeker therefore spinning the armature at a lower speed. The voltage does not change on either speed. However current consumption does. Lower speed doesn't pull as many amps as high speed.

Post# 305658 , Reply# 2   11/10/2014 at 16:34 (3,448 days old) by cuffs054 (monticello, ga)        

So can Jaker still run it on low?


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