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micro mill electricals problems, help please!!
pmdevlin:
received thanks John.
I've been doing some internet trawling, and it appears there is a sieg mill with an ac motor, who know's what I have! The instructions that came say super X1, yet all sieg are red, mine is green, and has a belt drive conversion.
I will photo the damned motor sticker tomorrow, it might help with all my ramblings!, must be frustrating to you guys when an idiot arrives, like me! :hammer:
Paul
BaronJ:
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I have challenged the guy but he keeps coming back with the fact it has a big spec sticker on the motor, and it says "AC". I too also think he has fried the motor, inadvertently, but as he is the "expert" should he have known this? .
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I agree with you. But as an "expert" he does have a duty of care. Did he charge you any money ? Did he give you a work sheet ?
I think that you will find that the label on the motor refers to the combination of both the controller and the motor. Unfortunately I have seen and used motors that use "AC" but look very similar to "DC" ones. Without knowing what to look for it would be easy to mistake one for the other.
--- Quote ---I was very specific with my description as to what had happened, then surely he would have seen the output was DC, not AC?, and would have been able to assess if the board or pot was faulty.
Unfortunately he would not touch the board as he wanted a circuit diagram, so I have gone backwards really, to the tune of £88 motor, surely there are cheaper alternatives out there?
Paul
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I'm afraid that his refusal to have anything to do with the control board and wanting a circuit diagram, would have rung alarm bells with me, and I would have quickly walked away.
pmdevlin:
--- Quote ---I'm afraid that his refusal to have anything to do with the control board and wanting a circuit diagram, would have rung alarm bells with me, and I would have quickly walked away
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Unfortunately I only found this out today on the telephone. I have a plan, tomorrow I will get him to confirm the output, from the control board he will then have to confirm if output is dc or ac, lets see1
steampunkpete:
Paul,
Just to satisfy my curiosity, could you post a picture of the label on the motor please?
Peter
pmdevlin:
motor has been collected, I will collect controller later, I have insisted he checks output, to satisfy me its either ac or dc, and the pot is doing something!
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