Timeline for Is it bad that my cordless drill is smoking?
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| Feb 5, 2013 at 13:28 | comment | added | Tim B | To add one last bit to Fiasco Labs well written answer: cooking that insulating coating on the wires within the windings breaks down the insulation, and it loses effectiveness. This creates short circuits within those stacked up wire bundles you see. | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 5:36 | vote | accept | Sponge Bob | ||
| Feb 4, 2013 at 5:35 | history | edited | Fiasco Labs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 4, 2013 at 5:12 | comment | added | Fiasco Labs | Enamel covering on the motor windings starts to smoke from the heat, the epoxy cases on the Mosfet drivers starts to get too hot before thermal shutdown starts becoming active. Basically you're cooking insulation attached to the conductors in the motor and the circuitry in the motor driver. | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 5:04 | comment | added | Sponge Bob | My drill does have protection circuitry but I tried a few times and that's when it started smoking. I did grab my impact wrench when I saw the smoke from my drill and it got it out. But where was the smoke coming from? | |
| Feb 4, 2013 at 4:48 | history | answered | Fiasco Labs | CC BY-SA 3.0 |