No, not woodworking help, but electrical help! First the story, then the question...
I have an FT2000e that I have kept table-mounted for a couple years now. I was using it yesterday (table mounted) to rout edges on a series of panels and as I was switching panels, I heard the router give a "warble". I quickly reached for the power switch and switched it off. I had an experience once of a router bit moving vertically, and I had a nightmare of my bit having come loose and about to fly free, but I'm glad to say it was not that...
So I look things over, everything looks fine, the bit is still firmly attached, so I flip the switch back on: NOTHING.
The sound I had heard can be best described as the sound a Formula-1 car makes when its RPMs are restricted by its engine limiter, like the router was not firing on all cylinders.
I took the thing apart, blew out the dust, tested again, but no luck. I then got out my volt-meter, and did some continuity-probing (without being plugged in), and everything "looks" OK, with two exceptions... The variable-speed control is not showing any continuity between the in-and-out leads (of course, with no power applied). Secondly, one of the brushes has an edge missing.
Questions:
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So my real question is, does anyone know whether the speed-control should have continuity with no voltage, or only with voltage?
And secondly, would that small chip in the brush cause the failure to start? Any way to test/eliminate that as a possibility? I'm reasonably competent electrically, but without knowing what appropriate values are, I can't self-diagnose it...
And finally, does anyone have a service-manual for the router, or is the assembly diagram the best/only information available?
Yes, a long post, but thought I'd be thorough
