Recent content by BobmanDad

I can close this now. Thanks to the brilliant Jolly1 I'm up and running.

Jolly1 I took a few photos - please see below: This first one is of the multimetre and shows what I set it to: I took readings with it set to 200, 2000 & 20k. I don't know if this is the right setting, but this is what I got: Black to black - 1.2, 001 & 0.00 respectively Red to white -...

Cedarwood, thanks for trying - def don't want you to mess with a working system. Jolly1 - thanks for sticking with this. I'm at work now so will perform the tests tonight. There is nothing connected at the switch end at the minute. The original switch seems to work ok, so it can be used...

Thanks jolly1. I have a multimeter which has an ohm setting.

Many thanks jolly1, but unfortunately there was nothing in those manuals to help. Also, big thanks to you cedarwood. Alas, I had a good look at that picture before to no avail. If you did get a chance to check your switch it would be much appreciated. And just to make more work for you, it...

Just to bump this up again: I have attached a photo showing the current wiring setup at the motor side of my Metabo Planer/Thicknesser. There is no details plate on the motor, but I know it is a 2.2kw Single Phase Induction Motor. It has just one capacitor, which I think is a start capacitor...

Update : At this stage I would be happy to even rewire the original switch box if anyone could help? The NVR is a Kedu JD2 connected to a Kedu ZH-B barrel type selector.

Just to bump this up; would anyone be able to explain how to wire a single phase induction motor to a switch? There are 5 wires coming from the motor to the switch, one is earth, the other 4 are Brown, Blue, Black and Gray.

Hi folks I bought a used HC260c and have only gotten around to setting it up. I've watched the videos and was raring to go. I had some difficulty getting it started in both planer and thicknesser mode, so I stripped it down and operated each of the safety switches manually. I was able to get...

Thanks for all your help folks. It looks like a single phase motor is required.

Thanks for that Myfordman My inverter is a Powtran PI8600. I'm not sure if the outputs from T1, T2 and T3 are 240v or higher. Would you know?

I'm trying to get some information from my motors nameplate. Here's the plate: Mod edit image. I know it's a 2 speed 3 phase motor and is in a Startrite 325s Bandsaw. I was looking to connect it to my inverter so I opened the cover on the motor to change the wiring to delta. Here's the...

Update: I have the lathe working now. The speed is adjusted with the pot thingy on the inverter and the lathes stop/start button is also programmed into it. I'll do up a list of instructions for this inverter for the benefit of anyone else purchasing one in future. Thanks to everyone who...

Wizard, I would need to go and buy one of those capacitors. In the meantime, a technician from the suppliers is going to ring me to talk me through it. Hopefully, that will work and I can post instructions for any future user.

What about the capacitor? Type, size etc?