Fox planer will not start

[NOTTNICK]

I have a Fox f22-568 planer.
Been using it this morning - a great piece of kit.
I switched it off and unplugged it to change over to thicknessing.
Plugged in again and it wouldn't start.
Absolutely dead.
Put it back to planing in case it was something I had done.
No difference. I've changed the fuse in the mains plug and double checked both switches. The one at the thicknessing end needs twisting.
The socket is still live (I did check that).
I know this planer is almost the same as the Axminster model as well as others.
Any suggestions? I've only had it a few months.
Nick

 

[JakeS]

No difference. I've changed the fuse in the mains plug and double checked both switches. The one at the thicknessing end needs twisting.

Does it have a reset switch, and if so, have you pressed it? I have one of the smaller generic-rebranded P/Ts and it apparently has "overload protection" (whatever that means exactly) built in; it'll cut out and refuse to run if it something something, and then you have to reset it before it'll work again. I'd have expected something like that to happen in the middle of using it, perhaps if it got jammed, but who knows?

(I ask because while I've seen on pictures of other models that the reset switch often has a sticker around it reading "RESET SWITCH" and it's really obvious, on mine it has no labelling whatsoever - just a black press-button sticking out of a black plastic surface in an unobtrusive location with no indication outside of the manual as to what it is...)

 

[CHJ]

Are there any interlock switches associated with table fixings? Sounds to me one or more of these was not being made when you moved the tables .

 

[NOTTNICK]

It now works.
No idea why. I have tried it periodically since posting this morning.
Just now I searched really hard for a cutout switch - couldn't find one or even anything that looked like a sensor.
Tried it one last time and bingo!
If it was a thermal cutout - it certainly lasted a long time!
Thanks for suggestions above.
Still not really any wiser though. At least it goes, I'll just hope it doesn't happen again.

 

[Racers]

Dust in the switch, its happened to me on my band saw, a quick blow out and off it goes.

Pete

 

[sunnybob]

It now works.
No idea why. I have tried it periodically since posting this morning.
Just now I searched really hard for a cutout switch - couldn't find one or even anything that looked like a sensor.
Tried it one last time and bingo!
If it was a thermal cutout - it certainly lasted a long time!
Thanks for suggestions above.
Still not really any wiser though. At least it goes, I'll just hope it doesn't happen again.

is the machine closely surrounded by other stuff? is there a lot of sawdust laying around? Do you use the dust collector on the machine?

The "overload" is usually built into the motor, its a thermal trip. The motor needs lots if ventilation to stay cool. If youre not using the dust extraction, the dust can fall inside and be sucked into the motor by the the cooling fan on the back of it, causing friction in the bearings.

Once tripped, it can take a couple hours to cool down before it resets, especially if the air ducts are blocked.