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Old 12-11-2014, 07:24 PM   #4
Delfin
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Originally Posted by Ski in NC View Post
My AP35 with rpu160 will cause overcurrent faults after a few hundred hours. Learned to take back of motor off and clean carbon/copper gunk out from between the commutator bars and works fine til next time. The gunk is conductive and makes amps go too high. Brush wear and commutator wear is excessive on this thing and soon it will be done. Then I will need to replace the pump or motor. Only 2000hrs on it.

Try cleaning between the bars.
Great advice, Ski. You're a great resource for this site.

On another subject, Simrad's customer service response is typical of a company that couldn't care less about its customers, which has been my experience. I would never recommend their products to anyone.
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