Reich motor mover blowing fuses
Hi all,
I was hoping someone might be able to give me some advice - I have a twin axle caravan with a set of Reich motor mover (fitted second hand by previous owner) and for the last year I have had no problems. However recently the 60 amp fuse blows every time
I put strain on the movers. I am not doing anything different to what I was doing before, however it blows every time I hit a slight incline. I have changed the fuse each time (60 amp glass fuse) under the seat inside. I've just bought some 80 amp fuses but
wanted some advice before I risk trying them. I don't want to cause any harm to any other parts.
Thanks in advance
Andrew
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If a 60 amp fuse is blowing there is something wrong .... motor siezed perhaps. and I'd expectthe 80 to blow too, but it's not a good idea to keep upping the fuse rating as you're likely to burn something out. What happens if you try operating them with the rollers away from the wheels? Maybe isolate the fault to one side or the other or preferably to a single motor
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Hi David - I don't know which Reich mover you have. I am in the process of fitting a second hand Reich 4wd mover which I have totally renovated. Now this did not come with a fuse at all, as older versions didn't have one supplied according to the handbook, but later instructions show a 100amp fuse, so that might be your issue.
Correct-I just checked and its now a whopping 150amp fuse!
Now one of the good things that came out my renovation is that I found a factory fault: The corrugated drive spindles are driven by the motor at the inner end, but the outer runs on a plain stainless steel bearing. The access point for this is under the Reich gel sticker. With just one of the spindles, I could not get it to line up properly with its bearing, except by forcing it (the way it had been) which would put a significant extra load on the system. It only required a tiny amount of material to be removed from the bearing to solve the problem.
In other words you might have a fuse problem, or a mechanical fault is overloading the system.
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