Re: Help with treadmill control board

Just wanted to say thanks! Your advice was perfect. It turns out the circuit board is working just fine. Turns out there should be three magnets attached to the pulley, and two of them fell off, so it wasn't getting the right rpm signal back from the sensor.

Thanks!

Huge amount of time spent looking in the wrong places, but I learned something hopefully.

Hi,
I'm looking for guidance on diagnosing a problem with a treadmill control board. Any help whatsoever is sincerely appreciated
My electronics knowledge is quite limited, so I've run up against dead ends.

The symptoms: The unit turns on. Pressing the start button on the console causes the motor to start to spin up, but within two seconds, the motor cuts out and a generic "Err" message is displayed on the console.

When I initially opened the unit, it was filled with dog hair, suggesting overheating.

I found this forum because...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi,
I'm relatively new to electronics, but interested in learning as much as I can.