Harbor Freight Dust Collector motor geting hot and blowing the circuit!

Here’s hoping you got the extended warranty. -OR- Maybe they cover 90 days anyway.

The power cord being hot and the wall wiring not hot throws up a flag for me.
Would you say the power cord was hotter than the motor?
Could the power cord be loose at the motor connection?
This connection could be bad and making everything else hot and pop the breaker.

BUT, my first guess would still be the motor, just check out the other things first.

Very hard to say since I wasn’t there.

Are you running this with over size ducts or without the bag and exhausting outside?
This will overload the motor as well.

-- Michael :-{| Diapers and politicians both need to be changed often; and for the same reason.

what circuit are you running this on ? 15Amp? 20Amp? 30Amp?

considering this is a 2HP motor, it should probably be AT LEAST 20Amp, but 30 would be better.

-- ㊍ When in doubt - There is no doubt - Go the safer route.

Mine has done well. I’d check with the HF store about warrenty.
Bill

-- bill@magraphics.us

It was running on a 20 amp, but I bumped it up to a 30 amp. On the 30 amp it does not throw the breaker but it still runs hot as hell. I don’t think I bought the extended warranty. All of the connections are tight, I have checked all. Chord was hotter than the motor but the motor is very hot as well.

-- Ty, Up in Washington

Any update on this, Mountain View?

-- Jace, Arlington, TX, www.jacealanyeats.blogspot.com