Recent content by D1Hil

Oh, that's annoying! Is the coating on the windings supposed to be black?

I've managed to get the cover off! There doesn't seem to be any sort of centrifugal switch so I don't know what the capacitor connects to and can't see what else could be causing the problem? It's a very simplistic design, do you know what the two washers are for? I can tell it has overheated at...

I will see if I can get the cover off an look at the switch. Also, for some reason my machine has a secondary switch box (MEM) that houses the overload heater element, as well as another cylinder with a plunger (must be some sort of solenoid). This is not standard in a K5, not sure why it's...

So, it will run fine at full speed with no belt on, when the belt is on it runs slowly for about 10 seconds then trips. I'll check how freely the pulleys are. It seems to be all problems with starter capacitor from what I know so was surprised when it didn't solve the issue?

Yes, it will spin fine without the belt on, it just struggles to get moving with a load and normally stays at about 200rpm until the overload switches it off.

Hi all, I've had a kity K5 for a while now an it's worked fine apart from spindle moulder belt slipping. Recently the motor started to struggle to accelerate when the belt is on but is fine without a load. I know these are the symptoms of a starter capacitor so I bought a 20uF cbb60 capacitor...