Phillips juicer. The motor caught fire and shorted due to a carbon dust build up around the plastic brush/bearing holder.
A new motor is between £90 to £120, a replacement juicer is around £110 like for like. So decided to have a go at a repair. I have used this juicer 3x for all the apples off my tree. Which makes each session quite expensive for apple juice.
I removed, dismantled and cleaned the motor. Used my Dremel type device to clean and shape the melted plastic and re assembled.
Here is a little look inside the juicer.
Even though it is Phillips (the reason I bought it) , it is a poor design in respect of motor cooling, and carbon dust build up. The cooling fan simply recirculates the building heat and dust in a confined casing. Duty cycle is limited to around 30 minutes of light duty., at which time the recirculating air and dust reaches 70degC and starts to smell of hot motor windings.
So when I use it I view a meter with a thermocouple to show the in case temperature. When it reaches 70c I take it out side and leave it for an hour. Also I blow compressed air into it to remove the carbon dust at least once a session. (Now I know why it failed)
I managed my juicing and netted 35 litres of apple juice for my super cider. That’s around 65 x 500ml bottles of champagne style apple wine. Must be chilled to open.
