Last check for my switch!

Patrice Lemée

Patrice Lemée

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Just one last check with you guys before I try it. As you can see, white-red-black wire on 3 terminals on one side of the switch.
Does the order makes any difference? As long as you do the same with the other machine and with the incoming power supply?
The grounds will be tied together.

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Thanks
 
if your input is in the middle row, one motor off the top row and one off the bottom. Order shouldn't matter as long as it's the same on all three taps.
 
...and then Pat was never heard from again...


The use of a continuity meter would go a long way towards predicting what is going to happen.
 
I am still here!:D

I am pretty sure sticking the meter thingies in there is just as sure a way for me to end up at my favorite emergency room. :o

I use the "rubber-gloves-long-stick-switch-on-and-run technique". ;)

And by the way it works perfectly! Thanks for all your help.
 
Patrice Lemée;8974124 said:
I am still here!:D

I am pretty sure sticking the meter thingies in there is just as sure a way for me to end up at my favorite emergency room. :o

I use the "rubber-gloves-long-stick-switch-on-and-run technique". ;)

And by the way it works perfectly! Thanks for all your help.
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I'm glad it workd for you.

As I said before, If the motor rotation isn't what you wanted it to be, just swap 2 of the 3 wires for that motor.
 
Patrice Lemée;8974124 said:
I use the "rubber-gloves-long-stick-switch-on-and-run technique".
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What a coincidence ... I do too! :D. Ever try the "hit-line-with-axe-to-see-if-its-live" method? Works great!

Congrats on everything though!
 
Patrice Lemée;8974124 said:
I am pretty sure sticking the meter thingies in there is just as sure a way for me to end up at my favorite emergency room. :o
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No way man, you meter it before you hook it up so you know how it works...
It's cheap medical insurance.

You can go "Ahh, when the switch is in this position, these two poles are connected, and these two," etc...

I test every switch for continuity, just to be sure...

Glad to see it all worked out.
 
Yup, you're just making sure the continuity is going to do what you think it is going to do. You don't even need the wires hooked up. That way, you know you're getting continuity from the red wire to the red wire, and the black wire to the black wire (all is good), and not from the red wire to the black wire both on the input side (220V dead short = boom). It is easy to get an electrical burn when working with this level of power so dead shorts are to be avoided (the fireworks will start in the switch itself), and it wouldn't be the first time someone started a fire this way.

If you've never seen one at this power level, the flash is temporarily blinding and the boom will make your ears ring. I always double check with a meter and know for certain what is going to happen before I do something, it keeps me out of trouble and it keeps my shorts clean.
 
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