Smartbear wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 11:59 pm
SV8Predator wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 10:21 pm
Yes, as explained by RobbiZ4 on P1 of this thread:
RobbiZ4 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:26 am
I would not expect "flames". The motor simply continues turning around as intended. But it gets hotter and hotter until internal(!) plastic parts will get overheated and melt away. Then the rotating unit will stop, cool down and is destroyed.
Yep, in Robbie own words the pump has been burned. I knew I’d read it somewhere.
Rob
It does look as though Robbi is suggesting the motor would get extremely hot and melt itself, rather than burst into flames, at which point perhaps the circuit would be destroyed and nothing further would occur? Not sure, I'm no expert on electrickery at all.
However, I do think Rob has a point too. Whilst the motor may not burn, the heat generated by it could conceivably be enough to set fire to insulation etc.
Regardless of whether it melts or burns, I would not want something reaching that temperature in the boot of my car.
Following Robbi's suggestion of disconnecting it would seem wise to me.
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