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Hello All,
Well, I got around to changing the 110V cord on my Logan 820. I did this primarily because the cord had NO ground pin on the plug.
I opened up the Motor access plate, and found that the original cord had only two (2) wires, White and Black. My new cord has a Ground wire ( Green). I checked and found no place to secure the ( Green) Ground wire inside the pocket, so I put a spade connector on my Green cord wire and connected to the motor access plate bolt.
I attached the White to White (Load) and Black to Black (Hot). Then, plugged the lathe back in, and threw the F/R Drum Switch. Well, to my surprise, I blew the breaker and tripped the GFI which supplies all the outlets in my shop. Hmmmm?
Next I unplugged the machine and reset the breaker. I disconnected the spade connector, plugged the Lathe back in, and the Lathe ran fine, as it did before, with NO ground wire connected. I am sure this machine, as any machine needs a ground connector for safe operations
I must note that something is wired incorrectly in the Drum Switch, for Forward = Reverse, and Reverse = Forward. That was going to be fixed next.
My Industrial Electrician neighbor will be down tomorrow nite. He thinks there may be an issue with the Drum Switch wiring. We will investigate. See attached pics of the Drum Switch and Motor I. D. Plate.
Thoughts ?? I sure hope I do NOT need a new motor !
Thanx, CDBEAM
Well, I got around to changing the 110V cord on my Logan 820. I did this primarily because the cord had NO ground pin on the plug.
I opened up the Motor access plate, and found that the original cord had only two (2) wires, White and Black. My new cord has a Ground wire ( Green). I checked and found no place to secure the ( Green) Ground wire inside the pocket, so I put a spade connector on my Green cord wire and connected to the motor access plate bolt.
I attached the White to White (Load) and Black to Black (Hot). Then, plugged the lathe back in, and threw the F/R Drum Switch. Well, to my surprise, I blew the breaker and tripped the GFI which supplies all the outlets in my shop. Hmmmm?
Next I unplugged the machine and reset the breaker. I disconnected the spade connector, plugged the Lathe back in, and the Lathe ran fine, as it did before, with NO ground wire connected. I am sure this machine, as any machine needs a ground connector for safe operations
I must note that something is wired incorrectly in the Drum Switch, for Forward = Reverse, and Reverse = Forward. That was going to be fixed next.
My Industrial Electrician neighbor will be down tomorrow nite. He thinks there may be an issue with the Drum Switch wiring. We will investigate. See attached pics of the Drum Switch and Motor I. D. Plate.
Thoughts ?? I sure hope I do NOT need a new motor !
Thanx, CDBEAM
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