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How-To Clean A Motor Starter Switch
Cleaning a Motor Starter SwitchRemove the end bell where the wires come out. There will be four long
bolts and nuts holding the motor together (below).With just the starter end removed, there should be a white plastic terminal
board. You can either loosen this board or if you can get to the starter
points, (they are on a long copper piece) they open up after the motor gets
to a certain speed.Take an emery file and sand the contacts to polish up the copper contacts
(below). Reassemble t
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Aug 12, 2021