I got an old Clarke BT1001A drill press off of someone who said it just stop working (and they replaced it without trying to fix it). When I turn it on, the motor turns about one revolution (very slowly) and then trips the the GFI in my garage. I've read it could be the starter cap, but I thought I should check everything else out first.
I am not a motor guy, but I figured I would give it a shot. The bearings seem to be fine as it turns OK. When I took the motor out of the housing, one of the wires either came off, or was already off (could have been the problem). Sadly, as I tried to maneuver it the rest of the way out of the casing, the other two wires came off (they are not very tight on the terminal posts), so that is where I am stuck.
Two of the wires go to the capacitor, the third goes to the coil around the motor. On the PCB, I will need to hook those into either the line or neutral (on the power cord), or the terminal post that leads to the motor itself.
I can't find any wiring diagrams for Clarke, but I figure that this is probably a pretty standard configuration. Is someone able to point me to somewhere on how best to re-wire this?
Any advice is greatly appreciated (since even once I get it rewired, that might not actually fix the original problem)!
I am not a motor guy, but I figured I would give it a shot. The bearings seem to be fine as it turns OK. When I took the motor out of the housing, one of the wires either came off, or was already off (could have been the problem). Sadly, as I tried to maneuver it the rest of the way out of the casing, the other two wires came off (they are not very tight on the terminal posts), so that is where I am stuck.
Two of the wires go to the capacitor, the third goes to the coil around the motor. On the PCB, I will need to hook those into either the line or neutral (on the power cord), or the terminal post that leads to the motor itself.
I can't find any wiring diagrams for Clarke, but I figure that this is probably a pretty standard configuration. Is someone able to point me to somewhere on how best to re-wire this?
Any advice is greatly appreciated (since even once I get it rewired, that might not actually fix the original problem)!