Thread: Triton 2400W router

tomatyr,

I have had my Triton Router for about 4 years and have only had a problem like that once about 2 years ago. I just blew out the dust around the switch and air inlets (I used a compressor) and all was fixed. Give that a try but it seems strange that it should happen to yours after only a short time. Is there a lot of dust buildup on the router? What were you routing prior to it stopping?

Hi Skot, on the first occasion I did give the router a good clean up - to no avail, but then it wouldn't have done any good as it was later established that the problem was open fields. The new router has hardly been used at all, so I shouldn't think dust would be the problem.

Originally Posted by tomartyr

The new router has hardly been used at all, so I shouldn't think dust would be the problem.

The problem you describe has one main (user-related) cause - stalling the bit due to overload or other cause. Once the bit has been brought to a complete stop under power - no matter for how short a time - field damage is highly likely and it's not a viable repair because fitting a new main winding coil is just not cost-effective.

I'm not saying that you did stall it, Keith, because I know nothing about for what and how you use it, but that would be the first question I'd ask if I were trying to solve the issue.

Ray.

Thank you, Ray. That's useful information that I wasn't aware of. When the original router stopped like the old man's clock it had stalled while I was routing a 25mm dado in a piece of macrocarpa. However, that is not the case with the new replacement router as it has only been used to do a couple of light test runs on edges.