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Wanted, electrical diagram for Alzmetall AB4 SV

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jkilroy

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Long time no post, hows it going? Place sure looks different. Anyone have an electrical diagram for an Alzmetall AB4 SV drill press? I have one and I am only getting about 70 volts out of the control transformer so I am pretty sure it is wired wrong. Contactors won't close with the low voltage as you might expect. Can't read a damn thing inside the box, its all German!
 
jkilroy said:
Can't read a damn thing inside the box, its all German!
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Though they use the same alfabet
You probably do not understand whats written Its no Chinese
But how difficult can it be
What does that transformer power up A lamp a contactor ? Look what any of those are for voltage and you know what the output of the transformer should be

Peter from holland
 
Well the transformer is not what I would consider standard like a DC to DC transformer. Instead of a fixed set of inputs and various taps for different outputs, this jewel has one set of outputs and multiple inputs like an AC stepdown transformer, which I am sure it is.. Numbered 1 though 9, with a jumper between two. The number of potential combinations is huge so I can't just start trying them out.
 
Well figured it out. I took all the wires out of the secondary side. The machine, as I got it, had poles 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 jumpered. I changed the configuration to jumping 2 & 3, checked my output voltage and had 125, everything is working good.
 
jkilroy said:
Long time no post, hows it going? Place sure looks different. Anyone have an electrical diagram for an Alzmetall AB4 SV drill press? I have one and I am only getting about 70 volts out of the control transformer so I am pretty sure it is wired wrong. Contactors won't close with the low voltage as you might expect. Can't read a damn thing inside the box, its all German!
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Most Alzmetalls are 380 volt input. Is that the case with yours ?
 
The motor wad wired for 240 allready, but I guess the control transformer had not be changed over. It was originally a 480v machine, came out of a small engine plant in Corinth ms.
 
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jkilroy said:
The motor wad wired for 240 allready, but I guess the control transformer had not be changed over. It was originally a 480v machine, came out of a small engine plant in Corinth ms.
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Jkilroy, did you ever get a wiring diagram for your AB4? I have a 1964 AB4/ST and need one? If you have any suggestions on where to get one please let me know. all the best, Jim Johnston Atlanta
 
jkilroy said:
Can't read a damn thing inside the box, its all German!
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? German isn't hard for an English speaker.

The technical terms are easily translated with online tools, partly because you know what they MUST be about - the electricals, not literature, music, sex, or politics - on the machine in front of you.

'72 BMW said "nur gessen mit beluftung benutzen".

Nur = no other, gessen = gassing-up, be luft ung = be lifted, raised, elevated, benutzen = motor fuel.

'Use only high test gasoline', IOW.

The arcy-sparky stuff won't be that much harder.

Be glad it is an AB rather than Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese/Chinese... or Hindi...
 
jkilroy said:
Well figured it out. I took all the wires out of the secondary side. The machine, as I got it, had poles 1 & 2 and 3 & 4 jumpered. I changed the configuration to jumping 2 & 3, checked my output voltage and had 125, everything is working good.
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So it wasn't because you were feeding 240 volts to a 380 volt machine ? You got one of the Willis "Americanized" Alzmetalls with the gigantic electrical box ?
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nope; mine was 440; since I don't have 3 phase at my shop I'm rearranging the wires to 220 3 phase and using a phase converter. runs pretty good; jumped the motor. my trouble is in the switch that controls the push button controls and foot control. when I took the old one out it came apart in my hand. found a good guy with a similar machine in Canada and am hoping to get the wiring scheme from him. fingers crossed.
 
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