Could you overheat an electric motor remotely?

[Major Fallout]

A big ish motor like a starter motor or shower pump, would it be possible to damage it without touching it or connecting to it?

Induction? Emp?

[Major Fallout]

My neighbours starter motor packed up the same day mine did, and now my shower pump is intermittently running.

The really strange thing is it’s not wired up to the electricity.

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