PWRMATIC 2000 Mtr inop

[Bill Gebhardt]

Forgot and left My Powermatic 2000 run for an hour unattended. Motor too hot to touch. Next day it started running backwards, replaced starter capacitor, zip. Anyone pulled that 5hp, 1ph, 240v monster?
Bill

[Bill Gebhardt]

Correction, it is a 3hp, not 5.
Bill

[Ron Selzer]

pulled the motor on my SawStop to move it down into the basement. SawStop sent me how to do info, basically a 2x slid in and motor cranked down until it rested on it. removal went smooth
hopefully your saw will go the same way
good luck
Ron

[Bill Dufour]

What is it? SF for motor? I have used a bottle jack to install some motors in akward places.
Bill D

[Tom Bender]

You left your table saw running,,,for an hour? Ok but I would think that's a continuous duty motor, loaded. Unloaded it should not get hot.

[Stewart Lang]

You left your table saw running,,,for an hour? Ok but I would think that's a continuous duty motor, loaded. Unloaded it should not get hot.

I agree here. I'm sure some shops run those saws for 8hrs a day under moderate load. I doubt an hour of unloaded running should do any harm at all. Something is not right..

[Robert Hayward]

I doubt an hour of unloaded running should do any harm at all. Something is not right..
That was my thought when I first read the thread.

[Matt Day]

Some guys are cutting for an hour. Shouldn’t have caused a problem. Likely something else. Bad bearings?

[Tom Bender]

Sometimes a motor will get full of sawdust. That will make it run hot,,,but not backwards. Inspect the wiring connections. May be something is crossed up. Or maybe the starter is bad.