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  1. W

    Phase shift starter

    I'm currently messing around at home don't worry all safe and isolated etc. I got a baby 1.1kw motor from work as I'm in a domestic house of course only single phase and I'm not cheeky enough to find a spare inverter at work for it to work! :D But I'm making a little starter using some...
  2. W

    DOL starter 7.5HP, 3 ph motor

    Morning guys, Had a U-trough mixer go down, contactor failure as well as electro-pneumatic pressure switch problems. So i have decided to do away with the existing configuration and replace with a new design. Plan was to do away with the electro-pneumatic aspects of the system as the high dust...
  3. B

    Auto Star/Delta Starter Q/N

    Hello to everybody, I`m new here with pretty basic knowledge bout all that three phase electrical thing.... However I am here to ask you for a little help to source a part and/or eventually wire it. So I`ve bought myself a big three phase compressor with Auto Star/Delta Starter. But there is a...
  4. R

    Replacing a ballast on a standard twin starter fluorescent

    I've got a few faulty fittings to repair with these ballasts. currently I'm to sure if the original fitting have individual ballasts or a combined ballast for both lamps. However I think the picture ballast should work. Im ok with the lamps connection as I think one side of each lap is wired...
  5. L

    dol starter wiring 3 phase motor

    Guys can anybody help with some dol starter wiring?, I'm not great at 3 phase motors I'm wiring a bottle crusher , it came with a eaton mem 28ADS1X dol, it says 230v coil but the plug to the motor is 3phase and earth The mem dol is knackered and the guy who gave it to my mate supplied a...
  6. wsoppitt

    flourescent starter keeps blowing , why

    6ft flourescent fitting keeps blowing starters , why fellas ?
  7. F

    Connection of Dol Starter With Multimeter

    Hye all, i need some help here about DOL starter im working with right now first i thought that i can just add the multimeter on the circuit. but then my supervisor said i cant just add the multimeter just like that..i have to add some ct coil? so can anyone here give me some reference about...
  8. M

    Direct online starter with overload wiring help

    Hi guys, I was looking for a bit of help on wiring up a direct online starter with overload and stop start for an ancient bandsaw located in a workshop I'm working in. The band saw has a really old overload contactor intergrated into it. Basically the usuall 3 phases in and 3 phases out, but it...
  9. J

    Manual motor starter

    Been to a job in a poultry unit and there are some moller PKZM manual motor starters connected to 3 phase busbar in a consumer unit, not sen it done like this before. This is in a sub board supplied by a C32 TP mcb. Is this technically to regs? Do these starters cover short circuit as well as...
  10. S

    Osram STE 501 Starter

    Hi guys, came across a bit of a strange starter today on some control gear for a 400w metal halide light fitting. It had an OSRAM ste 501 v9 starter in it, identical to what you might find inside your switch start 2d's and battern type fittings. Never seen a starter in anything like this before...
  11. Robotstar5

    Old motor starter?

    Seeing a pic of something similar reminded me of the motor starters we had in the foundry where I did my apprenticeship in the 70's so probably 50's/60's "technology". A metal tank, presumably oil filled with a winding handle on the side and an ammeter on the top, you had to wind the handle...
  12. S

    starter

    kitchen light takes over 10 mins to switch on likely problem? starter?
  13. F

    motor starter for conveyor

    hello guys... im now doing motor starter for conveyor..so i decide to use 4 magnetic contactor connected with overload relay each..1 contactor for main supply and i make some looping for other 3 contactor each contactor connected to one conveyor... it is 3 phase and 2 poles overload relay..im...
  14. K

    single phase motor contactor starter

    How should it be wired we have feed in and load out. Two black and white cables I think are signal wires coming from inside machine
  15. J

    Advice for a new starter!

    Hi all, i am johno! from Essex. I have been seriously thinking for a year now about a career change to become an electrician. I am now in a position to make this happen. Due to the recession my currant employment is not secure at all and i need to make some serious decisions fast as time is not...
  16. S

    3 phase reversing dol starter

    hi guys , hope some one can help i am looking for any sites that would sell a 3 phase reversing direct online starter for a reasonable price.
  17. J

    How do you continuity test a motor circuit to obtain Zs

    Hi, I can't seem to get my head around how to test a 3 Phase Motor circuit to obtain the value of Zs. 1. After isolation of circuit and locking off u short out the 3 Phases on the motor terminal block with shorting straps. 2. At the Dist Board with a Low Ohm meter you test the resistance...
  18. A

    3 Phase Dol starter [help needed on wireing diagram]

    Hi, can anyone help me with any diagrams on how to wire a 3 phase Dol starter with the links put in, with the diagram also showing the incoming supply obvously being the three phases and neutral and where exactly they all get terminated. As the diagrams on google images are not that useful...
  19. S

    DOL starter overload calculation

    Hi can anyone tell me the calculation for above? Got the last day of my install of my AM2 tomorrow can't remember from college and havnt had much luck searching, cheers.
  20. Brightspark2

    Star Delta Starter, Remote stop start

    I have a star delta starter that I'm wiring a remote start stop too. Now there is a spare 3 wire swa cable running from next to the starter to the location that the remote start stop is needed. My question is can I use a 3 wire start stop on this star delta starter, as I see it its not possible...

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