06-11-2012, 08:04 AM
It seems like every machine I buy needs this sort of thing done, My Radial drill had so much "safety" wiring, that it was just plain dangerous, with a semi functional DC spindle brake and three separate emergency stop switches only one of which affected a proper "No volt release" contactor. I just take it for granted now that any machine I buy will need a hundred pounds worth of wiring components and if it checks out OK then that's a win for me.
It gives me the opportunity to add little extras like your two single phase outlets, I did that on my Big Colchester, except I've got some three phase outlets as well for my coolant and Hydraulic copy attachment.
And I've gotta say the three neons one for each phase is inspired, It's so easy to lose a phase especially on older workshop wiring and not notice, thinking that the vibration and noise is due to some other issue, If one of those Neons is out, you know right there and then what the problem is.
Best Regards
Rick
It gives me the opportunity to add little extras like your two single phase outlets, I did that on my Big Colchester, except I've got some three phase outlets as well for my coolant and Hydraulic copy attachment.
And I've gotta say the three neons one for each phase is inspired, It's so easy to lose a phase especially on older workshop wiring and not notice, thinking that the vibration and noise is due to some other issue, If one of those Neons is out, you know right there and then what the problem is.
Best Regards
Rick
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