adamadamadam01
DIY
Hello all! So as the title says and as the pictures will demonstrate, I have received a very old drill press. However, the cord was absolutely destroyed and needed to be replaced. I had no experience doing this, but followed along with YT videos and was able to replace all the wires, and added a ground wire as well. However, when I plugged it into my outlet, which I later found out was a GFCI outlet, it caused the outlet to short. My friend and I suspect that the primary reason that this happened was because the surface for the ground wire was not very good, as there was still old paint covering up some of the metal. I was also told that the GFCI outlet could be the issue, but I wanted to make sure that the wiring of the motor looks good before I attempt to plug anything in again. I was told later on told to use a multimeter to test the ground wire, and I was able to get 0 ohms from it, but this was after I filed away all the paint and made sure bare metal was the exposed. I am hoping that those with a better sense for this than me can help me with this diagnosis of what could have gone wrong. I can attach more information and photos as needed, but I am attaching photos of the surface for the ground wire before and after I was able to file away the old paint.