Hi Swafe, I had a look at the shading coils, and desided that the only way I could remove them, or even just cut them to make an open coil would be to remove the main coils, and as they are OK I can't be bothered doing a rewind, even though its a very simple one.
If I did do a rewind at some later date, I would use a heavier gauge wire , and maybe reduce the voltage, I run it through a transformer, dropping it to 12V. Ian S C