Recent content by Bernard E

Thanks Everyone. Here's a wiring diagram from the booklet if that's what you meant, flh801978. The capacitors look ok to me.. Not sure about a centrifugal switch. Would that be inside the motor housing? The motor rotates easily 360deg by hand. Tried spinning up the motor with a stick while...

Hello All I've been using a colleague's 1 year old planer/thicknesser for a couple of months with no problems, then it suddenly started blowing fuses. The motor is struggling to start, with a humming noise for a few seconds, the cutter block makes a couple of weak turns, then the plug's 13A fuse...