Need lathe electrical help... please...

superjeep · 02-15-2010, 10:40 PM

Let me see whats going on at work.

Shawn

carwash · 03-08-2010, 11:50 PM

Well, ended up being a bad contactor. Rob (yellowjacket) stopped down a couple weeks ago and did some readings on the switch and determined the field coil was bad. So i did some searching and the guys at FDLawrence did some searching, and came up with a replacement switch for me. $130 bucks, not too bad i guess.

Rob came down today and tossed it in there (cuz i'm an electrical retard) and BLAM, it works. So now that we know this switch works, imma get a second one to replace the other. It looks worse than the one that went bad.

Thanks a lot Rob, you rule.

yellowjacket · 03-10-2010, 02:35 PM

glad i could help. i wouldent just do that for just anyone. im sure youd do the same for me.
let me know when the new other one comes in, ill swap it out. but by then you might have too many jeeps in the driveway for me to even get close..... are you trying to be like roy from performance off road?

JeffK5 · 03-10-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by yellowjacket

are you trying to be like roy from performance off road?

His hero...

KargoMaster · 03-10-2010, 07:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeffK5

His hero...

Oh my....

carwash · 03-10-2010, 07:39 PM

Thanks a lot Rob...

The other switch was ordered next day and is sitting at FDL right now waiting for me. Whenever you want to throw it in, be my guest.

Yes the drive is filling up here... ever since i went fulltime, I can't seem to find any parking anywhere.

And on the Roy comments, you guys are a freakin' riot.

carwash · 03-24-2010, 08:58 AM

Ok, second new switch installed, thanks a million to yellowjacket! Thought I would post a pic of the two switches side by side... the one on the left is the new switch of course...

So, $230 later I'm fully operational with no fear of burning down my shop anymore. Well, there is still fear of burning down my shop, but it won't be my insanely arcing contacters.

eighty3bronco · 03-24-2010, 02:10 PM

its amazing of what 50 years?? of engineering can change.

03-08-2010, 11:50 PM	#2
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Well, ended up being a bad contactor. Rob (yellowjacket) stopped down a couple weeks ago and did some readings on the switch and determined the field coil was bad. So i did some searching and the guys at FDLawrence did some searching, and came up with a replacement switch for me. $130 bucks, not too bad i guess. Rob came down today and tossed it in there (cuz i'm an electrical retard) and BLAM, it works. So now that we know this switch works, imma get a second one to replace the other. It looks worse than the one that went bad. Thanks a lot Rob, you rule. __________________

03-10-2010, 07:39 PM	#6
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Thanks a lot Rob... The other switch was ordered next day and is sitting at FDL right now waiting for me. Whenever you want to throw it in, be my guest. Yes the drive is filling up here... ever since i went fulltime, I can't seem to find any parking anywhere. And on the Roy comments, you guys are a freakin' riot. __________________

03-24-2010, 08:58 AM	#7
carwash pimpin' IS easy Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Union, KY Posts: 3,344 Images: 605	Ok, second new switch installed, thanks a million to yellowjacket! Thought I would post a pic of the two switches side by side... the one on the left is the new switch of course... So, $230 later I'm fully operational with no fear of burning down my shop anymore. Well, there is still fear of burning down my shop, but it won't be my insanely arcing contacters. __________________

03-24-2010, 02:10 PM	#8
eighty3bronco anywhere but there Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Blanchester, Oh Posts: 174	its amazing of what 50 years?? of engineering can change. __________________

02-15-2010, 10:40 PM	#1
superjeep Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 88	Let me see whats going on at work. Shawn

03-10-2010, 02:35 PM	#3
yellowjacket barely breathing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: alexandria, ky Posts: 889	glad i could help. i wouldent just do that for just anyone. im sure youd do the same for me. let me know when the new other one comes in, ill swap it out. but by then you might have too many jeeps in the driveway for me to even get close..... are you trying to be like roy from performance off road?