Dear Colleagues,
This is my first post to the group and I'm not an electronic guru so please bear with me.
I have NordicTrack EX3300 Treadmill NETL819060 - Circuit Board U-MC 2100E since 2009. In 2012 the treadmill will I was walking on a moderate speed all of a sudden it went into high speed and then stopped working. The motor will not work but the screen gave no error.
The agent company's technician came and checked it and said either we replace the board (which was not available at the time) or replace one of the ICs. He replaced the original G4PC40K with IRFP360. The treadmill worked fine since then till last week when it had stopped.
But this time the symptoms before its stoppage were different. While it was running all of a sudden it will behave like stopping for a split second and then continue on, then after a few minutes it stopped completely.
The technician came this time and measured the control board and found out that the IRFP360 IC is not working and replaced it with IRFP460. He did not have the IRFP360 and confirmed that it will work. The treadmill worked when we tested it for a short while.
But next day it repeated the same symptom, but instead of stopping it continued till we smelled a burring smell before it stopped. When I removed the cover I noticed that the motor fan is not in place and the motor is extremely hot. The motor fan image is attached.
My questions are:-
1- Can IRFP360 or IRFP460 replace G4PC40K without a problem?
2- It seems that the failure of IRFP360 was due to a cause in the circuit that was not discovered by the technician, have any one went through a similar experience and if someone did, then what was the main reason(s)?
3- It seems like the motor have gone and the board is misbehaving, is it worthwhile to replace them or the cause may be something outside of both.
Please note that I live in Egypt where it is extremely difficult to find the original spare parts and it takes ages to import them. In fact the Nordtrack agent have been replaced by another one, who unfortunately did not sell this model and does not keep its spare parts.
So, I'll be grateful for any tip of advise that will expedite the solution.
Thanks a lot.
regards,
Amgad
This is my first post to the group and I'm not an electronic guru so please bear with me.
I have NordicTrack EX3300 Treadmill NETL819060 - Circuit Board U-MC 2100E since 2009. In 2012 the treadmill will I was walking on a moderate speed all of a sudden it went into high speed and then stopped working. The motor will not work but the screen gave no error.
The agent company's technician came and checked it and said either we replace the board (which was not available at the time) or replace one of the ICs. He replaced the original G4PC40K with IRFP360. The treadmill worked fine since then till last week when it had stopped.
But this time the symptoms before its stoppage were different. While it was running all of a sudden it will behave like stopping for a split second and then continue on, then after a few minutes it stopped completely.
The technician came this time and measured the control board and found out that the IRFP360 IC is not working and replaced it with IRFP460. He did not have the IRFP360 and confirmed that it will work. The treadmill worked when we tested it for a short while.
But next day it repeated the same symptom, but instead of stopping it continued till we smelled a burring smell before it stopped. When I removed the cover I noticed that the motor fan is not in place and the motor is extremely hot. The motor fan image is attached.
My questions are:-
1- Can IRFP360 or IRFP460 replace G4PC40K without a problem?
2- It seems that the failure of IRFP360 was due to a cause in the circuit that was not discovered by the technician, have any one went through a similar experience and if someone did, then what was the main reason(s)?
3- It seems like the motor have gone and the board is misbehaving, is it worthwhile to replace them or the cause may be something outside of both.
Please note that I live in Egypt where it is extremely difficult to find the original spare parts and it takes ages to import them. In fact the Nordtrack agent have been replaced by another one, who unfortunately did not sell this model and does not keep its spare parts.
So, I'll be grateful for any tip of advise that will expedite the solution.
Thanks a lot.
regards,
Amgad
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