Troubleshoot a Broken Treadmill That Won't Run

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Published 2015-12-28
See how I troubleshot a treadmill that was not working. The repair attempt ultimately fails, but it may be helpful in showing what I learned. Check the circuit board and the motor to find what is not functioning.

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Remember - SAFETY IS IMPORTANT - don't mess around electricity if you don't know what you are doing. I'm not responsible for your actions.

All Comments (21)
  • @jimmyfavereau
    thanks for sharing ! sharing the failure is more valuable than sharing the success.. Good Man! Blessings Brother!
  • @TrippKnightly
    Love the surprise ending. Learned a couple things that will help me on my own treadmill.
  • @amywild6570
    I only had to get like 6 minutes into your video to get my belt moving! I am not at all handy so I am super excited that I was able to fix this! Thank you so much 😁
  • Great video content & quality, with excellent review of practical debugging strategies. Tough soldering job well done.
  • "...I won't be responsible for any stupidity out there or any accidents" - and then seconds later at 4.30 we see a child's hand touch moving parts close to bare wires. Amazing!
  • @redlinejoes
    "hopefully this was helpful in solving whatever problem you may have" He says after catching everything on fire.
  • @sisqo6side970
    thank so much I was drastically gaining wait ever since my treadmill stopped working, back to no days off💪
  • @sedsed20
    To a complete amateur like me this was very helpful thank you.
  • Great DIY. Same problem with my treadmill. I just cleaned the contacts on my connector to the motherboard. Thanks!
  • @DrHaithemChaieb
    thanks for this good DIY video, I think you repaired the consequence and you haven't track for cause, firstly you should get a multimeter and search the reason of the short circuit also i think that you have two dead capacitor that would be better to replace them.
  • @shkhamd
    Rule of thump of circuit repairing: A burned connector is never a reason of the circuit's failure, its the result due to over current which was caused by some other failed component. Each connector introduces some resistance in the current path, so excessive current flow creates heat and sometime burns them. In this case, since the motor was good, that means something else in the controller failed and allowed the motor to draw excessive current which lead the connector to burn. So here you were supposed to remove the heat sink first, do a visual inspection to see if anything else is burned and failed alongside that connector. If nothing can be found from a visual inspection then if possible go into deeper investigation with proper tools like multi-meter or a scope. By the way, 8:15 is that a fried rectifier I am seeing there?
  • @1921139
    Failure but a really good video . Managed to fix mine seeing yours. cheers
  • @firstlast1661
    Remember folks, he is using one of those DC batteries! Instant sub on this one for the humor value.
  • @mcfrenchfry2196
    I would think you are an engineer of some kind . 👏🤘🏼
  • @MillsTactical
    I'm glad I'm not the only one these types of things happen to. You handled it better than I would have. 😅
  • @yoseleth
    Buen aporte ya se como reemplazar postes dañados, te falto desmontar la tarjeta y checar por la parte de abajo después de soldar saludos te doy mi like
  • @paulevans4021
    That really made me laugh, I was hoping all your videos were like this one
  • Thanks for ur all the effect u did sad for what happen in the mother board