Electric Motors: When is it Best to Repair, and When is it Best to Replace - June 2008

Dave Hawley

The article "Electric Motors: When is it Best to Repair, and When is it Best to Replace" appeared in the June 2008 issue of Power Transmission Engineering.

Summary
The repair-versus-replace decision is quite complicated, depending upon variables such as rewind cost, severity of the failure, replacement motor purchase price and other factors.

Keywords
motors repair replace

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