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On 8/15/2017 at 21:27, eggsarascal said:

Did you get this sorted Steve?

took it down to that place you suggested and they could not test it for me. neither could the leccy shop next to it.

 

i'm going to try transplanting the switch for the bandsaw to my pillar drill as i believe they are the same and if it works on that i then know it's probably the capacitor and will buy a new one from ebay.

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5 minutes ago, se7enthdevil said:

took it down to that place you suggested and they could not test it for me. neither could the leccy shop next to it.

 

i'm going to try transplanting the switch for the bandsaw to my pillar drill as i believe they are the same and if it works on that i then know it's probably the capacitor and will buy a new one from ebay.

I didn't mean to waste your time, surely there was another customer, (sparky) that had a test meter with them that you could have asked?, after all it's a two minute job to see if it's failing or not.

 

I'd be careful switching over things if you aren't sure they are EXACTLY the same, I did this with an ignition switch on a Briggs and Stratton Motor...... I blew the diodes!

 

 

 

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Steve, I would just buy a new capacitor, it is the most likely cause of the fault, it is cheap probably about £10, and easy to replace.

If it still doesn't work then we can look at other possible causes.

If you are unsure about a suitable replacement post up a pic of the details on the capacitor that is fitted just now, or bring it up to Scotland and I will sort it for you :)

 

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You don't need to swap the switch just bypass it and switch it at the wall. I did it with my pillar drill when the zero volt switch failed. Two thin bits of metal to join the spade connectors together and if it runs you know it's the switch. If it's clunking it's not the switch. You only need an analogue tester set to something like 10,000 ohms to bridge the contacts and watch the needle jump up then come back down if it's still good. If it's bad the needle stays up as it's not discharging.

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  • 6 months later...

update time.

 

i bought what i was told was a direct replacement for the capacitor that has bust.

 

i've wired it in exactly how the other one was as i'd taken photos of it before i took it out and it still won't work.

 

can anyone say why???

 

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