Originally Posted by
scimanstev
I suspect that a loose battery terminal caused arcing, which led to the failure. Initially the failure was intermittent, but became steady in a short time. We did find the loose terminal, and thought that would fix it, but the failure was complete by that time. All other connections and the belt were just fine. Because of the failure, I ordered 2 extra belts just in case. We also thought the high amount of dust could have damaged the brushes. Those Beaver Dam tracks are wonderful, but do throw a lot of rocks and dust in dry environments.
Steve