Was Using my 2200 router and it just shut down. Went to check if it would work about an hour later and still no luck. There was no smell or anything that would suggest that something burned up. Could it be the brushes? If anyone has any idea of what to look at it would be appreciated. Trying to finish up a project. Thanks
2200 Router quit running
- Thread starter JJ Wavra
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Hello Tom, Yes I did try that thanks for the idea. I actually have two circuits running in each box. That way I can run the vac on one and tool on another. Quite a while ago I gave up on the the auto function and have the vac on remote, and then the power supply to the tools on its own outlet. I just went down and tried it again, it worked for 30 seconds then cut out.
So, this may be a bit long winded but I will try to be direct. The router ran for a bit this morning then cut out again. Since owning it, there has always been quite a large amount of sparks inside the machine but really never paid attention as it always ran well. Before the machine cut out this morning I noticed that the heavy amount of sparks only came from the brushes on one side. Upon removing the top cover the one side of brushes did not appear to be set/conformed as well as the other side. There is probably a term that describes this but I am not familiar with it. I applied very lite pressure with a small insulated screw driver on the side that was sparking very heavily. Then plugging in the machine again, it began to run. Again, with the insulated screw driver I applied very light pressure eventually getting the brush to go from very high sparks to very low or the same as the other side. The router ran well for two hours after this. Hopefully, this was the fix from both not working and the heavy sparking. Maybe this can help someone else out there. I will have to see over time if it stays running well or maybe fiddle with the spring to apply a bit more pressure the brush.
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