Your motor goes back to work with the readings to prove it

Below about 3 HP a new motor is often close enough to the cost of a proper rewind that replacing it is the better buy, and we will say so. Above that, a rewind to the original data costs a fraction of a replacement and the frame, shaft and end shields are usually still sound. What settles it is the core: if the laminations have burnt, or the shaft is scored at the bearing seat, no winding will fix that — and we would rather tell you before we take your money than after.

It is priced on the copper it takes and the labour to put it in, so it follows the HP, the pole count and the wire gauge rather than a flat rate per motor. Copper is also a traded metal, so the figure moves with the market. You get the price after we have opened the terminal box and tested the winding, and always before anything is stripped.

Yes. A rewind is done to the winding data in the motor in front of us, so the badge on the end shield does not change the job. We rewind whatever is brought in, including motors bought elsewhere and motors somebody else has already had a go at.

Usually one of three things: the winding has gone to earth, the supply is single-phasing so the motor is trying to run on two phases, or the starter’s overload is set below what the motor actually draws. Testing the insulation to earth takes about ten minutes and tells you which one you have — bring the motor and the starter together if you can, because the fault is often in the one people leave at home.

Often not. When the discharge falls but the current stays normal, the usual cause is worn impellers and diffusers rather than a failing winding — or the water level in the bore itself has dropped. Both are worth checking before anyone talks about a rewind, because pulling a set out is the expensive part of the job.

The motor, and the starter or control panel if you have one — a surprising share of burnt windings were killed by their panel, and testing them together saves you coming back. Send a photo of the nameplate on WhatsApp first and we can usually tell you the likely cost and time before you load anything.

Yes — farms, flour mills, feed plants and workshops across Charkhi Dadri. We come out, find whether the fault is the motor, the starter or the supply, and only bring back what has to come back to the bench.

Yes. A printed invoice with the parts, the labour and the tax shown separately, so it is something you can put in your books or claim against. Ask for it at the counter when you collect.