Hi guys, first time posting, please bare with me! I have an old test chart as shown in the pics that i would like to get running. Everything lights up seperately, the bit at the top/the red and green rings/the white rings/the line of letters at the bottom/the hole at the bottom used as a light for people to fixate on/the main chart on the right.
The top bit also rotates right and left (the arrow to point at lines at a certain angle) and also the single line of letters on the bottom left rotates round to change letters.
Someone has chopped off the switches that are used to control everything, I was thinking of making up some switches in a small box (I've attached a pic of what an original would look like). I just need some help with the wiring.
So each bit mentioned in the first paragraph has its own switch to switch it on and off. There is one wire (common neutral?) That's wired to each bulb ( starts at the top and connected in series to each bulb, then connected to the neutral (blue) that comes from the power plug. Then there's a single wire (live?) That comes from each bulb that comes to the connecting block at the bottom.
The rotation on the top bit with the lines is automatically powered when the bulbs(3 connected together) for that area are powered, but the motor has 2 wires coming down ( 2 orange wires in the connecting block) to control it going left and right (by switching the polarity of the motor?)
The rotation of the single line of letters is powered on its own, it has 1 wire connecting to the neutral from the power plug, and another single purple wire (live?) going to the connecting block (same as each light bulb).
How do I wire the switch box? Any ideas?
Thanks for your input
The top bit also rotates right and left (the arrow to point at lines at a certain angle) and also the single line of letters on the bottom left rotates round to change letters.
Someone has chopped off the switches that are used to control everything, I was thinking of making up some switches in a small box (I've attached a pic of what an original would look like). I just need some help with the wiring.
So each bit mentioned in the first paragraph has its own switch to switch it on and off. There is one wire (common neutral?) That's wired to each bulb ( starts at the top and connected in series to each bulb, then connected to the neutral (blue) that comes from the power plug. Then there's a single wire (live?) That comes from each bulb that comes to the connecting block at the bottom.
The rotation on the top bit with the lines is automatically powered when the bulbs(3 connected together) for that area are powered, but the motor has 2 wires coming down ( 2 orange wires in the connecting block) to control it going left and right (by switching the polarity of the motor?)
The rotation of the single line of letters is powered on its own, it has 1 wire connecting to the neutral from the power plug, and another single purple wire (live?) going to the connecting block (same as each light bulb).
- I have 1 wire connected to the earth(from power plug) that leaves the chart box to connect to the switchbox
- 1 wire connected to the brown live(from power plug) that leaves the chart box to be connected to the switchbox
- 1 wire from each bulb leaving the chartbox to be connected to the switchbox, (6 in total, top 3 are wired together, and one is inside the rotating drum at the bottom)
- 1 wire from the bottom left rotating drum leaving the chart box to be connected to the switchbox
- 2 wires from the top rotation bit leaving the chart box to be connected to the switch box.
How do I wire the switch box? Any ideas?
Thanks for your input