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Well, I pulled the old contactor, wired up the new one, flipped the breaker and were back in business!! Motor fired up, conveyor runs, all the stops work, brake engages, everything checks out. I'm...

New contactor showed up today. Before I dig in and replace I wanted to address this real quick. I measured between Red 9 and what I think is A2 and I got 9V (with the A1 yellow removed) . When the M1...

Hey all, sorry for the radio silence last few days, nothing new to report. Hoping to get an extra set of hands tomorrow to check the M1 contractor one last time per Stan’s most recent message, will...

Yes. The break engages when any of the E-stops are tripped and disengages when theyre cleared.

I'll run through procedures outlined above this evening and report back.



I appreciate the...

It was a matched pair, yes.

Fuses arrived so I went out and made some progress. Here's what I did.

1) Replaced fuses, E-stops tripped, turned on power. Waited ~10 min, measured 112V between...

Absolutely agree, very grateful for everyone that’s replied so far. I’m learning a lot as well, I’d be lost without the help I’ve gotten so far.

There was a lot of "screw it" going on in this place. I'm certain whatever the proper repair was was more $$ than the "grip it and rip it" approach, hence where we are now.



Yeah, I have a...

Thanks Stan. The fuses should be here tomorrow so I'll reinstall and run through the sequence you outlined.

In the meantime here are some photos of the various limit switches and the motor brake,...

So thought we had a breakthrough just now, but one step forward, one step back.

I connected Red 3 wire to 110V on the bottom of the transformer. I cut power on to the machine and heard a contactor...

Hi All

Stan, here's what I got based on your instructions

"Measure voltage between 110 and Red 2 at the two motor contactors. It should read 120 volts" I got 113V between 110V on transformer...

Thanks again guys. Unfortunately didn’t have time to get out to the shop today but I’ll have a few hours tomorrow, will update everyone then.

Thanks
Josh

Hey Alex. So the 1 and 2 wires both trace back to the R and S incoming power. Wouldn't that be the 240 to feed the top terminal?

As far as moving it easily, no. I've actually got a call out to a...

It may come to that. Honestly if I was more comfortable reading the diagram I would have probably already started doing that.

Stan, thanks for your replies. I followed your instructions, here's...

So quick update. Went out for a bit tonight. First thing I did was Bill's suggestion. With power to the machine I manually engaged the armatures on each contactor. Both engaged their respective...

That's highly possible considering where the machine came from.


I'm going to take a step back and try to trace all the wires through the diagram. Truth be told, I follow about half of it, the...

Good question. Not sure. I imagine they've been there for the life of the machine but I've been wrong once before in regards to this thing.

So I was able to spend some time on the wiring last night. I think I have things back to how they should be. I tossed the Grizzly paperwork and used the diagram with the machine and I THINK I've got...

Thanks Alex, this is really good info, I appreciate you being so thorough.

To answer your questions, the power source light doesn't come on under power, no. The amp meter gives a reading while...

Thanks Bill, Alex. I think the PO bypassed the contacts based on what you all have pointed out and looking more carefully at the schematic. Any ideas why one might do this? Knowing the PO, I'm...

Bill, thats correct, the contactor armatures remain out under power. Starting to think the PO did mess with the wiring based on the comments.

Ron, below are some close-ups of the contactors as...

Hi Ron, I think I see what you're looking at. I'll snap a few pics this afternoon and let you know.

Thanks again

Thanks Ron, I think I see what you're looking at. I'll head out and grab a few more pics this afternoon.

Thanks again
Josh

Hey all, went out and ran through a few things. Here's what I found

1) The machine DOES run with fuse 2 removed

2) All the contactors push in easily and return to the out position smoothly. All...

All good things to look at. Will check each of these out this evening and report back.

Thanks again for all the suggestions!

Hi John, I double checked the panel after seeing your comment. It DOES look like a fried wire in the pic but when I checked again its just a combination of the grey plastic of the cable way and a...