The motor in the Rotostart is failing on me, after guess what, just 3 months of use.
I have luckily, or better, unluckily found the "problem". I disassembled the Rotostart meticulously, even leaving the 5 seconds maximum sticker and the one going around the shaft in almost perfect shape. The multimeter showed that the switch and circuit breaker are fine and the voltage is actually getting to the components.
What happened is, a part of the motor has failed. Turns out that when I press then release the button, if the motor happens to stop at a particular place, or angle, the motor won't work.
Why? I have no idea. Could be because literally every modern thing is shoddily built in factories by Chinese workers with crap pay and miserable conditions.
I have managed to find the exact motor on Alibaba!!!! They are EUR1.65 each with a minimum order of 1000 pieces! I could bet you ALL my money that that's were HPI got theirs from. I have also found the exact same motor on eBay for a higher price, but I can at least order just one. I will order a new motor and replace the faulty motor.
I have concluded that I will have fun with this piece of crap truck I got while it lasts but I will NEVER ever get another HPI product, no matter who buys them or how they run their company.
I have motors from the f***ing nineties which still work!!! They. Still. Work! And they're from the nineties. They were in cassette players and radios and printers.
I have officially given up on anything new. Nothing will work for more than a year without showing what a literal piece of garbage it is.
I have luckily, or better, unluckily found the "problem". I disassembled the Rotostart meticulously, even leaving the 5 seconds maximum sticker and the one going around the shaft in almost perfect shape. The multimeter showed that the switch and circuit breaker are fine and the voltage is actually getting to the components.
What happened is, a part of the motor has failed. Turns out that when I press then release the button, if the motor happens to stop at a particular place, or angle, the motor won't work.
Why? I have no idea. Could be because literally every modern thing is shoddily built in factories by Chinese workers with crap pay and miserable conditions.
I have managed to find the exact motor on Alibaba!!!! They are EUR1.65 each with a minimum order of 1000 pieces! I could bet you ALL my money that that's were HPI got theirs from. I have also found the exact same motor on eBay for a higher price, but I can at least order just one. I will order a new motor and replace the faulty motor.
I have concluded that I will have fun with this piece of crap truck I got while it lasts but I will NEVER ever get another HPI product, no matter who buys them or how they run their company.
I have motors from the f***ing nineties which still work!!! They. Still. Work! And they're from the nineties. They were in cassette players and radios and printers.
I have officially given up on anything new. Nothing will work for more than a year without showing what a literal piece of garbage it is.