Ever use Marathon motors?
Ever use Marathon motors?
(OP)
Has anyone ever used Marathon motors? I have not ever used them but they have a smaller/cheaper 1/3hp inverter duty motor than other major manufacturers...let me know if you have any positive or negative feedback.
thanks.
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RE: Ever use Marathon motors?
However, since they were purchased by Regal-Beloit Corp., their quality and reliability seem to have degraded somewhat from what it was when they were a privately held company.
Based upon others competing in that market, I'd still go with a Marathon product as a first consideration.
That's my opinion, based upon feedback from users in various industries.
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RE: Ever use Marathon motors?
RE: Ever use Marathon motors?
We have used hundreds of JP and JM frame Marathon motors over the past 15-20 years, 5hp through 30 hp.
Our experience on these motors is bad, quite a lot of failures within 1 year, more than any other manufacturer.
Every motor repair shop we have asked do not think they are worth much, their overall opinion is cheap construction.
But like many large companies, they could be great in one area, bad in another area.
We have a standing order at all pump manufacturers to never ship anything with Marathon on it.
Baldor seems to be at the top of the heap on these motors as far as we are concerned.
PUMPDESIGNER
RE: Ever use Marathon motors?
RE: Ever use Marathon motors?
You are of course correct as usual.
I would like to find that information for sure.
One difficulty though is that motors are affected very much by the application: pump, belt drive, gear drive, and even different kinds of pumps, etc.
A lesser quality motor might do very well in one industry, providing excellent value with sufficient quality or just the right features.
In another industry that same exact motor might be terrible.
In many cases this comes down to bearings, bearing housings, shaft stiffness (L3D4), etc.
PUMPDESIGNER
RE: Ever use Marathon motors?