Lightning bolt
Stopped, splayed & wedged scarf joint
I have posted on this topic before & gained fantastic knowledge & insight on the subject. Thanks to everyone who replied & all the great posts on this forum concerning this popular subject.
Kinsella's account of his journey was a great help.
I'm 90% there with it & on the final hurdle. Sorry I haven't got myself sorted to post pics yet.
Here's what I have so far:
-Brooks crompton 2.2kw motor re-wired to delta configuration.
-I have the motor out of the saw & wired to an 'Rs 510' vfd from drives direct. Which is wired up to the mains via a 16amp plug.
-We got them running nicely together after some severe head scratching re the parameters (which turned out to be relatively straightforward once I patiently read the manual properly...).
-The final hurdle: a sparky mate has told me the existing 'allen brown' switch gear has a 3phase coil & won't work with my set up unless I change the coil to single phase.
I'm very unconfident with electrics so don't fancy this option. I basically want to find the easiest/safest option for turning on & off the saw. & don't mind paying a few quid for a new single phase switch as it'll be used for my full time job. Was looking @ nvr switchs on axminster...would something like that work? Also there's a red mushroom kickstop button mounted on the machine. Could this be wired into an nvr switch? Any pointers much appreciated.
Ps: my vfd has 3wire control via terminals +24v (com), s1 & s2 (start & stop)...
Kinsella's account of his journey was a great help.
I'm 90% there with it & on the final hurdle. Sorry I haven't got myself sorted to post pics yet.
Here's what I have so far:
-Brooks crompton 2.2kw motor re-wired to delta configuration.
-I have the motor out of the saw & wired to an 'Rs 510' vfd from drives direct. Which is wired up to the mains via a 16amp plug.
-We got them running nicely together after some severe head scratching re the parameters (which turned out to be relatively straightforward once I patiently read the manual properly...).
-The final hurdle: a sparky mate has told me the existing 'allen brown' switch gear has a 3phase coil & won't work with my set up unless I change the coil to single phase.
I'm very unconfident with electrics so don't fancy this option. I basically want to find the easiest/safest option for turning on & off the saw. & don't mind paying a few quid for a new single phase switch as it'll be used for my full time job. Was looking @ nvr switchs on axminster...would something like that work? Also there's a red mushroom kickstop button mounted on the machine. Could this be wired into an nvr switch? Any pointers much appreciated.
Ps: my vfd has 3wire control via terminals +24v (com), s1 & s2 (start & stop)...