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I needte to add a switch to my polishing buffer ( an older Craftsman 1/3 HB motor) i stink at electric.
The motor had two wires so i extended the wires to go to a flip light switch .
Seeemed simple to me.. run the two wires to the terminals on the switch and connect the power cord wired to the same swith terminals...RIGHT ???
apearantly that is not right. when I flip the switch the motor goes on...This is a good thing... when i flip the switch off the motor locks uu lie a scre driver was shoved into fan blade.. the breake pops and all is then quiet.
i went on line and got direction to how to wire it. I followed the directions and flipped the switch ( after resetting the panel box breaker And it fired up and ran like a charm...That is until the shifte position and one of the steel legs bumped a drill press next to it.....parks bolted from that touch point like a loose Positive jumper cable on a car... i pulled the plug and went back to the drawing board.
I concluded that the un grounded plug that came with the motor wasn't helping. but as i said at the start I stink withe eklectricity and i don't like it and it scares me....
I checked the two wires from the motor with an ohm meterafter disconnecting them from the switch and found they were making a circuit... i checked another motor that I had on hand that was known to work properly and that motor did not show a complete circuit.
Seems to me that my firt effort caused some damage to the buffer motor causing it to send live juice to all the metal connected to it or that comes into contact with it....
Am I on the right track ????? is it repairable and can a electricly challanged tinkerer repair it ???
Thanks
joe
The motor had two wires so i extended the wires to go to a flip light switch .
Seeemed simple to me.. run the two wires to the terminals on the switch and connect the power cord wired to the same swith terminals...RIGHT ???
apearantly that is not right. when I flip the switch the motor goes on...This is a good thing... when i flip the switch off the motor locks uu lie a scre driver was shoved into fan blade.. the breake pops and all is then quiet.
i went on line and got direction to how to wire it. I followed the directions and flipped the switch ( after resetting the panel box breaker And it fired up and ran like a charm...That is until the shifte position and one of the steel legs bumped a drill press next to it.....parks bolted from that touch point like a loose Positive jumper cable on a car... i pulled the plug and went back to the drawing board.
I concluded that the un grounded plug that came with the motor wasn't helping. but as i said at the start I stink withe eklectricity and i don't like it and it scares me....
I checked the two wires from the motor with an ohm meterafter disconnecting them from the switch and found they were making a circuit... i checked another motor that I had on hand that was known to work properly and that motor did not show a complete circuit.
Seems to me that my firt effort caused some damage to the buffer motor causing it to send live juice to all the metal connected to it or that comes into contact with it....
Am I on the right track ????? is it repairable and can a electricly challanged tinkerer repair it ???
Thanks
joe