Tag: jim coleman

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Motor Starter Meltdown

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My motor starter looks like one of the legs fried? One wire melted (first picture) and the terminal in the contactor melted (second and third picture) and it also blew my three phase breaker. My question is: What do you think the problem is? Is it just the motor starter? Pump motor? Who knows what the problem is? I guess I will know after I check the voltages and replace the contactor like Greg suggested.

sprecher & schuh CA7-16-10 (contactor)
sprecher & schuh CEP7-M32 Ser-B Current range – 12-32A Trip class -10 (overload protector)

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Lock the vacuums up?

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I guess it is about time to lock all the vacuums up again.  The vacuum thief is leaving the doors open randomly and making a mess.  The only problem is when I lock the doors he/she is going to break into them like last time.  What a hassle.

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Telco Magic Box problem

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I had my first paying customers that I have seen today but the only problem was the Water Wizard did not work right.  The gantry boom would not go down during the wash and the wash would stop before the triple foam function.

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About the problem:  The Telco PA11B303T “magic box” works with the transmitting and receiving safety eyes located on the gantry and the cans on the front of the gantry.  When the gantry safety eyes do not read a car the unit will not drop the boom, which was my problem.  But the real problem was my Telco magic box when I switched the boxes the signal indicators were not lit and would follow the box.  So I am going to over night a new magic box to get my automatic to work again.

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Problem with the undercarriage

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I am having a problem with my undercarriage staying on for only 6 seconds when it should stay on for 30 seconds.  So the culprits are the entry banner eyes, what is weird is the eyes are giving 2 pulses when the eyes are blocked once.  I swapped the eyes with the front treadle eyes and the undercarriage worked perfectly.

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The Water Wizard uses the same Banner eyes for the front (treadle) and the back (entry, undercarriage).  These eyes are in pairs with one receiver and a super duper laser emitter.  The Banner emitter is the SM306EQ and the receiver is the SM30SN6RQ.