Recent content by DavidM

I have done pretty much all you suggested, shrink plastic over the three stator wires. Kept the capacitor because the blackening was only superficial. Rewired it and it wogked perfectly. However, having turned the yoke to the rip position to carry out thos work it will now not return to the...

Hi, you cannot get the wire out from the casing. I have stripped mine down yesterday for the same reason. The three wires that go into the motor, red, black and yellow on mine, are wired directly into the stator coils. I got some shrink plastic sleeving and put it over each of the three...

I live in SW France and am renovating a 250yo farm house so my power shop is really essential. It's worked fine until Sunday when it stopped. I have dismantled the electrics and found the cables all burned. I can rewire most but my main concern are the three wires that disappear into the...

I live in SW France and am renovating a 250yo farm house so my power shop is really essential. It's worked fine until Sunday when it stopped. I have dismantled the electrics and found the cables all burned. I can rewire most but my main concern are the three wires that disappear into the...