Tamiya spray booth - spares

Lsutehall · Post by **Lsutehall** » Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:31 pm

I've been using a tamiya spray-work booth since just after christmas, and am very happy with it. I'm in the uk, and so have been running it at 110 (ish) volts through a converter. I left if on for about an hour or so the other day, and it got seriously hot and stopped working. I opened it up just now looking for a thermal fuse or something, but there is only a motor.

Has anyone else experienced the same thing, or have any experience with Tamiya and spare parts?

Lsutehall · Post by **Lsutehall** » Mon Sep 22, 2008 11:44 am

Just for anyone who had the same problem, I have now fixed my booth. Turns out there was a thermal fuse WITHIN the motor windings. I peeled back the covering tape and replaced it with a 110 degree one from maplins - total cost: £0.63.

I'm happily back to spraying, after nearly a month of not being able to get on with anything!

robgmun · Post by **robgmun** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:34 am

you total star!!! the same thing happened to me withn one day of getting mine. thanks for letting me know,

but it is easy to change the fuse? there's no instructions in the manual