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> Hello all,
> I don't remember if other people have posted about this or not but I'll
> ask anyway.
> I have 3 motors that all stall or will not start with out some help. Has
> anyone of Lego come up with away to fix this problem? My motors are 1-2 yrs
> old and have not had what I would call a great deal of use. I have other
> motors from radio shack that are still running after 6 yrs of hard us. And
> they don't cost as much.
> Any help would be great.
>
> Rob Libby
This might sound a bit silly, but it could be your electric cables. I also
have a bunch of motors (most are 3-4 years old, one is 7 years old) and I
use quite a bit. As far as I have noticed, they haven't had any problems.
However, I have several faulty wires that either need to be twisted a
certain way to conduct electricity or are completely useless (won't conduct
at all), so it may be the problem of a bad cable that you are facing.
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| Gaurav, Certainly isn't in my case, these motors are stalled so bad I can't get them to move at all now unless I stick a 24t gear on them and turn them by hand. Even then it requires considerable force. The cables I've tried on these motors work (...) (24 years ago, 2-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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| Rob, Did you ever get any answers to this query? I also have three of the newer Technic motors that have seized. (Out of a collection of about 10 motors that's a 30% failure rate - not good!) I suspect that this may occur with lack of use rather (...) (24 years ago, 1-Nov-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx, lugnet.technic)
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