I really need some help from you guys that know what you're doing.... apparently I don't.
Please bare with me as I really don't know much about electricity. If you want to reply to me as though I'm a 4 year old just so I understand, then please feel free.
I'm trying to wire my 10" Sheldon lathe and here's what I have going on.
First off, here's my lathe.
The lathe
lathe again
This is the box on the left side opened up. Magnetic starter?
front
terminals
wiring diagram
From my Phase-A-Matic Heavy Duty SPC (1-3 hp if that matters) I hooked up A to L1 and C to L2. With B unconnected I can hear something in this Square D box engage when I push the start button on the front of the lathe. I'm assuming that is a good sign. It disengages when I push the stop button.
I then connected C to L3 and I get the same result. My problem is when I try to start the machine, the spindle rotates and tries to start, the light on the converter comes on, then the light shuts off before the motor gets to full speed and then tries to start it again. All of this happens continuously very fast.
I have a feeling it's something simple but I just don't know what it is. I've tried to supply as much info as I can but if you need more then please ask. Thank you very much in advance.
Martin
Please bare with me as I really don't know much about electricity. If you want to reply to me as though I'm a 4 year old just so I understand, then please feel free.
I'm trying to wire my 10" Sheldon lathe and here's what I have going on.
First off, here's my lathe.
The lathe
lathe again
This is the box on the left side opened up. Magnetic starter?
front
terminals
wiring diagram
From my Phase-A-Matic Heavy Duty SPC (1-3 hp if that matters) I hooked up A to L1 and C to L2. With B unconnected I can hear something in this Square D box engage when I push the start button on the front of the lathe. I'm assuming that is a good sign. It disengages when I push the stop button.
I then connected C to L3 and I get the same result. My problem is when I try to start the machine, the spindle rotates and tries to start, the light on the converter comes on, then the light shuts off before the motor gets to full speed and then tries to start it again. All of this happens continuously very fast.
I have a feeling it's something simple but I just don't know what it is. I've tried to supply as much info as I can but if you need more then please ask. Thank you very much in advance.
Martin