My forge blower died mid-heat on a $400 railing job

Last Tuesday I was bringing a set of stair railings up to welding temp and the old blower on my brake drum forge just quit with a loud hum. Turns out the capacitor in the motor had bulged and leaked all over the inside. Anyone else keep spare motors around or just rebuild what you got?

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betty_kelly91mo ago

Man, that's rough when it happens right in the middle of a paying job. I had an old blower do the exact same thing to me last year, capacitor leaked all over and I ended up just rebuilding it with a new motor I found at a surplus store.

janah831mo ago

Wait, wasn't it a relay that died, not the capacitor?

kim.jake1mo ago

Honestly, betty_kelly9 that capacitor leak story is exactly what happened to my buddy Tom last fall.