glass Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 Well I jammed it up for a second, my fault, but I cannot believe how quickly it smoked. No overload protection, just stopped and a puff of smoke and done. I am surprised how quick it was. Makes me think that these new brushless motors are delicate and if the electronic overload does not kick in the smoke quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToolBane Posted May 14, 2019 Report Share Posted May 14, 2019 I wouldn’t say delicate so much as high-strung. They’re small in order to achieve a form-factor and passing a lot of current for the purposes of doing a lot of work for their size. I don’t know how fast yours went out but there could have been a little more to cause that, like the thing getting jammed causing larger pulse of emf than would be typical of most tools. Last I saw Makita actually only uses a handful of different brushless motors (all built internally), so the motor in the router is likely the same as in a number of their other tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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