Agreed. I've seen this with all sorts of motors. Increasing current draw
is actually a test for bearing issues on everything from small appliance
motors to industrial ones. Excessive current would also increase the V
drop across the cables.....

-Skip

William Jacobs wrote:
> Mark,
> Check to see if the bearings are tight.  If they are not, the armature 
> will possible bind on the case of the motor.  It will take a lot of 
> current to overcome this.
> bill
>
>   
>

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