Flex 3401 Carbon Brushes

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Hey guys:
What is the lifespan of Flex 3401 VRG carbon brushes (Working hours)? Anyone have experience with this topic? flexnorthamerica.com online customer support do not gave me the answer. I live abroad, in the country (Colombia) where I live there is not a Flex representative and I must have a backup of carbon brushes before it wear down.
 
javip2k said:
Hey guys:
What is the lifespan of Flex 3401 VRG carbon brushes (Working hours)? Anyone have experience with this topic? flexnorthamerica.com online customer support do not gave me the answer. I live abroad, in the country (Colombia) where I live there is not a Flex representative and I must have a backup of carbon brushes before it wear down.
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Anyone has more info?
 
Like Steve said you should be able to get quite a few hours of use from the brushes before replacement.

How often are you using the machine? As a hobby, weekend warrior, part time, full time etc?

I was more of a weekend/part time user going on two years without any issues with the brushes.
 
If I was in your predicament, I'd order a complete set of brushes (or two)
before they even think about wearing out!

If you want:
Take a look at this and see if you might be interested: Parts for XC3401VRG | Powerhouse Distributing

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Part # 331880 BRUSH (SOLD INDIVIDUALLY)...13 in stock...$11.47 (USD)


:)

Bob
 
Thank you everybody for the precise information. :xyxthumbs:
 
This is going to be a very amateur question but what do the carbon brushes do? I've read about them many times but never understood what they do, when to replace them, or how...
 
brianch said:
This is going to be a very amateur question but what do the carbon brushes do? I've read about them many times but never understood what they do, when to replace them, or how...
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when electricity go tru the carbon brushes , it creates an magnetic field that moves the rotor inside the machine ...
is been 10+ years since i study electricity so i may be mistaken...
i guess they wear out in time , due the electric arc
 
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