Yikes… thank you for checking this. If nobody beats me to it I’ll reach out tomorrow (Friday). I feel like we’ll get good communication with them.
It’s possible we have this upgrade kit. Is there a yellow/orange mailing envelope right by the dust collector?
I can help look into this tomorrow, I was planning to be on the CNC anyway. If those motors were burnt up, I feel like you would have smelled it. So, hoping it’s something like an overload.
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Here’s the link to the replacement motor kit.
@Rolo found this comment in a review for those motor replacements:
ONEIDA AIR SYSTEMS
Supercell motors have a life expectancy of around 1100 run hours. Here is a breakdown estimate for the motors expectancy: 10 hours a week = 2 years 20 hours a week = 1 year 40 hours a week = 6 months 80 hours a week = 3 months
Looking at Skedda, I’d say we are in the 40hr range…
Message out to Oneida this morning for the replacement motors and if there’s anything we could do to prolong the life of these. It would be a bummer to drop $300 about twice a year, effectively having a $600 upkeep cost to run this DC for the CNC.
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It’s not hard to replace the motors, but it will be troublesome for it to go down every N months. We have more than enough maintence load already. If that ends up being the case, this may not be the right dust collector for us.
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Motors are 2 weeks out.
I agree that this is not a great long term solution for us. I got confirmation from Oneida support that your research and math checks out. With this unit we’d have to plan for maintenance every 5-6 months at about $330 a time (parts + shipping).
I believe this was better than what was setup before, however I believe we can still aim or something better. I’m not sure what that is off hand
What is the rpm of the motors? Can we spec longer lasting motors and fix the cowl?
I doubt it. I think any brushed motor would suffer from a similar limited lifetime, running 6-8 hrs a day..
Oneida rep says “Yeah those are just your basic vacuum motors so eventually they’ll wear out”.
The next option that “will work” comes with a $4400 price tag. Happy to start a fundraiser for it, but I think that’s way too much for the one CNC.
One option… Not that I’m a suggesting we immediately drop $1500, but just thinking out loud.
I believe this 1250 CFM from Rockler would be sufficient with the filter and separator (screenshot below).
It does kinda feel like this is leaning back towards the original blower motor setup that was taken down, just nicer looking. I don’t recall the specs on that motor but I have it at home and will double check it. I remember the issue with that setup was:
- The filters clogged quickly and were a pain to dismantle to clean.
- The bag change was a royal PITA, regularly left bags punctured or not attached correctly.
This rockler setup as an “easy clean" paddle which seems like a manual version of the Tflux. The strapped canvas bags aren’t my favorite choice, but with a separator hopefully does much better and would be much easier to change out.
I’m absolutely open to options.
Shameless plug on why I think the 1250 would work. Here’s a project link with this simulation