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Should I expect the motor to cut out before significant damage is done?
"I am guessing they were not the OEM ones that look almost identical to the original?
"You didn't wash a HEPA filter with water by chance did you?
You wired them brown to red and blue to black didn't you?
"And had the brown cable running in and out of the switch
They will likely be punted out all over eBay over the coming months.
However, more likely you just got some of those dodgy ones that were/are floating about. In fact, because of those, we [and others] have sold so many motors recently that the supplier we use ran out and had to air freight some in. Last week, everyone ran out again and we are hoping for another batch this coming week.