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Wire up off on and emergeny switch on my drill

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sbwhart:
Ralph/Darren

Thanks for the offer to help lads, but John sorted me out this afternoon  :zap:

Very educational and enjoyable visit as always  Thanks John  :thumbup:

Cheers
 :wave:
Stew

Divided he ad:
No worries Stew.

At least your up and going  :doh:   Now......   :worthless:   



We need to make sure this  :zap:   isn't the case!!




Ralph.

sbwhart:
OK  Carfully followed John's instructions and Hay Presto :zap:

It works



Thanks for your help Chaps, I realy don't like messing about with electrical stuff, its probably the fact that I don't understand it,

I handle hazardouse stuff routeenly and don't think twice about it:- I guess its a case of what your use to. :thumbup:

Thaks a lot.

Stew

bogstandard:
Thank goodness it worked Stew, I wasn't going to wire it up for you, I know nothing about electrics, I took a guess when I did that drawing for you. :lol:

Now on a more serious note, if you don't know what you are about to do, get help with it. It is easy getting the electric string into place and working, making sure the switches and cabling won't be overloaded is another thing.

The number of people who have wired things up and think they have succeeded, only to find the junky find bits of control gear or cabling burst into flames after a time, and burn down their house or workshop.
 
Have you all got a torch and fire extinguisher in your shops?, just in case it happens to you. They are more important than the latest bits of tooling.

John

John Hill:
The Bogster's comments are not amis.

Depending upon your local wiring protocols you usually have three wires for single phase stuff,  ground, phase and neutral.  In some systems (and I think the UK is one) the neutral is grounded somewhere (in our case it is grounded at the fuse box) and the phase is the one you switch on and off. 

If you wire a system with the switch in the neutral line that will certainly stop and start your machine but turning the switch off still leaves live phase power on the machine which can cause havoc with expected returns on your superannuation investments.  You can also get a situation where the machine is 'live' but still works, you might not know it is live especially if it is a dry environment and you always wear your rubber work boots in your workshop but if you happen to touch that machine while holding, for example, a properly earthed power tool someone in your family is due for a very nasty suprise.

"It works" does not always mean it is correctly or safely done.  If you are qualified John then there is no concern, well............otherwise............ :coffee:

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