Timeline for What should I do if I overheated my drill motor and made it smoke?
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| Nov 20 at 13:17 | comment | added | Matthew Bourque | It's over two years later now and the drill is still working fine, which supports this answer. | |
| May 28, 2022 at 2:33 | comment | added | supercat | @dandavis: On the other hand, if one continues to use a smoking drill it may eventually burst into flames quite dramatically, so think of the smoke as being a warning not to keep abusing the drill. | |
| May 27, 2022 at 12:14 | vote | accept | Matthew Bourque | ||
| May 26, 2022 at 20:19 | comment | added | dandavis | many motor winding wire coatings like varnish or lacquer produce A LOT of smoke when over-heated or burned. While a wisp from an LED or transistor signals death, you can probably fill a room with motor smoke and still have no measurable performance impact. | |
| May 26, 2022 at 18:42 | comment | added | RibaldEddie | @crip659 I’ve definitely made a mess of smoke with both cordless and corded drills and in general they still work. | |
| May 26, 2022 at 17:36 | comment | added | crip659 | Think it would depend if it was a little wisp of smoke or a few seconds of smoke. | |
| May 26, 2022 at 17:03 | history | edited | RibaldEddie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 26, 2022 at 16:10 | history | answered | RibaldEddie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |