Thread: Decided prevention is better than cure for once.

Gabriel - SWMBO just read your post. She's looking at me from across the room alternatively nodding and shaking her head

Originally Posted by Lappa

Gabriel - SWMBO just read your post. She's looking at me from across the room alternatively nodding and shaking her head

Maybe mention to her that if you did follow that path you wouldn't spend hours in the shed tinkering, so she would have to entertain you 24/7

Originally Posted by woodPixel

I'm half expecting to see a post from Mrs Kuffy saying an auction is to be held for the estate....

If I had a missus, as if she would auction off all my stuff. She would be a pro at using the saw and jointer and thicknesser etc etc. because if I'm not mistaken, a wife is free labour? Pretty sure that's how it works.

Anyways, I got it all finished and working and the wires are fairly neat and tidy inside the box. I checked the switch so that it it doesn't start up again without pressing the Start button and that's all good.

wiring inside the motor.
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Wiring inside the switch enclosure. The earth leads are tied together and bolted to the back wall of the cabinet.
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thanks for the help fellas.

Originally Posted by Kuffy

If I had a missus, as if she would auction off all my stuff. She would be a pro at using the saw and jointer and thicknesser etc etc. because if I'm not mistaken, a wife is free labour? Pretty sure that's how it works.

Anyways, I got it all finished and working and the wires are fairly neat and tidy inside the box. I checked the switch so that it it doesn't start up again without pressing the Start button and that's all good.

wiring inside the motor.
SAM_0325.jpg

Wiring inside the switch enclosure. The earth leads are tied together and bolted to the back wall of the cabinet.
SAM_0326.jpg

thanks for the help fellas.

I think there is at least one wife coming along to the next Melbourne GTG
I'm sure she would be able to chat with you about wife rolls

And good luck if they do chat with you

Originally Posted by Gabriel

Maybe mention to her that if you did follow that path you wouldn't spend hours in the shed tinkering, so she would have to entertain you 24/7

That could be quite enjoyable.

Peter.

Hi Kuffy,

I'm in full agreement with all the recommendations to get a sparky - though I do know my way around electric wiring. My contribution here is to inquire if you have a safety switch installed on your property? Sometimes called ELCB switches (earth leakage circuit breaker) these can save your life if there is an 'unexpected' error with wiring. I am not saying that you can wing it if you have one, just that they are a damn good idea - and legally required in at least some states.

Good luck

David

Yes David, the house is only 9 years old and is equipped with safety switches. The safety switches are my insurance policy which allows me, in my mind, to attempt trial and error mains voltage electrical work. So perhaps 'my' safety switches are more of a danger to myself than they are good

Originally Posted by Kuffy

Wiring inside the switch enclosure. The earth leads are tied together and bolted to the back wall of the cabinet.
SAM_0326.jpg

thanks for the help fellas.

Just a small point but where the wires go thru the black metal casing you, at least, need to fit cable entry grommets so that they won't chaff due to vibration and wear thru the insulation.

Catalogue - Clipsal by Schneider Electric

or better still cable glands which clamp the wire for strain relief.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/epa-20mm...gland_p4420403

Originally Posted by Kuffy

Yes David, the house is only 9 years old and is equipped with safety switches. The safety switches are my insurance policy which allows me, in my mind, to attempt trial and error mains voltage electrical work. So perhaps 'my' safety switches are more of a danger to myself than they are good

Kuffy

You may want to get your safety switches checked. I think that at least one of your rewiring attempts should have tripped the switch.

Originally Posted by Bohdan

Just a small point but where the wires go thru the black metal casing you, at least, need to fit cable entry grommets so that they won't chaff due to vibration and wear thru the insulation.

Catalogue - Clipsal by Schneider Electric

or better still cable glands which clamp the wire for strain relief.

https://www.bunnings.com.au/epa-20mm...gland_p4420403

Very good recommendation to fit the grommets!

Recently I had my BIL (industrial electrician) visit and while here he checked over my tools and found that one of my DeWalt RADS (1970's versions) had worn through the outer insulation on the cable from the arm to the motor & had started to wear the inner insulation. That RADS has done a lot of work on house sites when we used to cut frames pre trusses & wall frames and then in a truss plant cutting webs etc for trusses. Everything tested OK on both, but that doesn't meant that a fault can't present in the near future.