@Steve Tyler posted:I gotta go with GRJ on this one -- I suspect a static discharge large enough to kill a can motor would have done more to impair the *OP's* functioning than it would the relatively simple and robust motor. You'd need quite a few amps to damage the simple coils and connections in the motor, far in excess of what the human body could tolerate (spoken by someone who still vividly remembers discharging a 600 volt power supply capacitor with his finger some 60 years ago!
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Guys; I won’t question y’all’s expertise when it comes to static charges but; you’ll have to excuse me if I opt not to test the theory by donning my Hey Dudes, shuffling across the basement floor and touching another engine truck. 😉
Curt
