Forgive my "electronic idiocy," it's been well over a decade since my last electronic course!
I have a Bowflex Series 3 Treadmill that stopped turning the "tread" recently. I have talked with Bowflex support which, while very courteous, was obviously reading from a script.
They had me test continuity for wiring going from the controller board to the interface and whether certain leds would light while running. Then she said the motor needed to be replaced and thankfully that was under 10 year warranty so I was shipped a new motor, which I received and installed, but the problem remained.
Since seemingly everything other than the tread drive motor works (interface lights, buttons work, incline motor works) I'm thinking that it either has to be the motor or the controller board. And since the motor was replaced, that only leaves the controller board. The electronics only carried a 2 year warranty which has expired, and this controller board runs about $300 dollars which I sadly cannot afford.
The controller board is a "Bowflex Treadmill Controller 18505", and can be found online by searching for that phrase in quotes. (Sorry, I can't post links yet because I'm new.)
This particular treadmill uses a 90v 15a 1.75hp 4600rpm motor. (Turdan Industry Co. Ltd. catalog listing B2K051)
What is weird is that I have used a DMM to test the voltage supplied to the motor, and at all times I am reading about 19 volts. Whether the tread should be spinning or not, I get 19 volts. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but shouldn't I be getting around 90 volts to drive the motor?
Thank you very much for reading and for any assistance you could provide!
I have a Bowflex Series 3 Treadmill that stopped turning the "tread" recently. I have talked with Bowflex support which, while very courteous, was obviously reading from a script.
They had me test continuity for wiring going from the controller board to the interface and whether certain leds would light while running. Then she said the motor needed to be replaced and thankfully that was under 10 year warranty so I was shipped a new motor, which I received and installed, but the problem remained.
Since seemingly everything other than the tread drive motor works (interface lights, buttons work, incline motor works) I'm thinking that it either has to be the motor or the controller board. And since the motor was replaced, that only leaves the controller board. The electronics only carried a 2 year warranty which has expired, and this controller board runs about $300 dollars which I sadly cannot afford.
The controller board is a "Bowflex Treadmill Controller 18505", and can be found online by searching for that phrase in quotes. (Sorry, I can't post links yet because I'm new.)
This particular treadmill uses a 90v 15a 1.75hp 4600rpm motor. (Turdan Industry Co. Ltd. catalog listing B2K051)
What is weird is that I have used a DMM to test the voltage supplied to the motor, and at all times I am reading about 19 volts. Whether the tread should be spinning or not, I get 19 volts. I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but shouldn't I be getting around 90 volts to drive the motor?
Thank you very much for reading and for any assistance you could provide!