Bit of help ASAP.....Please!!

[hyperliteliam]

Evening guys.

Right, got a bit of a problem. The father in law sprung it on me yesterday to wire up his Turkey zapper which he needs for Wednesday.

I've constructed the panel but now i've just got to wire it. Gotta be honest and say I haven't wired up through a contactor for around 3 years now and mind has totally gone blank!

Hopefully someone can help...

So basically whats gotta happen with it is that you press down on the foot pedal which brings the contactor in and then feeds power to the probe, then you go about stunning the old gobblers..

The foot pedal is connected to the panel box via a two pole commando socket L/SL?
The probe is connected via a 3 pole commando socket L-N-E
Anymore info required just let me know.

Any help is much appreciated!

 

[Spudnik]

Just wire the probe from the bottom of the contactor.

Feed the contactor L1 & L2 with your live & neutral, then the probe from the output T1 & T2.

COnnect foot pedal S/L to A1 and pull a neutral to A2 from the load side of main switch.

Im sure that panel should an MCB and/or even RCD on it somewhere????

 

[pmac10]

further to what Jason said fuse the output from the secondary of the transformer accordingly.

 

[alarm man]

phil's your man for this,he used to drive taxi's on a saturday night,he's got experience in stunning an old gobbler..

 

[hyperliteliam]

Thanks for the replys guys. Still having trouble getting the contactor to pull in though, have wired it as above and no joy. I think everything else is good, as when i pull the contactor over with a driver i'm getting 600v.

Nearly there!!

 

[SirKit Breaker]

If you leave the turkeys on the power for a good while they wont need cooking for so long

 

[hyperliteliam]

Do i not need a live and a switch live going down to the foot pedal though?

 

[Guest123]

Yes, essentially the foot pedal is a N/O switch which when you step on it closes and sends the line back up to the A1 terminal of the contactor, A2 needs a neutral supply.

You have a step-up transformer from 230V to 600V, is that contactor rated to 600V???.....from the output of the transfomer to the supply side of the contactor (L1 & L2), and from the load side of the contactor (T1 & T2) to the kill stick thing.

What voltage rating is the coil of the contactor I'm assuming 230V???

 

[davelerave]

ya- i would prob feed the 600v -through the contactor(if contacts are rated ) rather than cycle the trafo primary on and off

the 250VA trafo isn't protected atm

 

[hyperliteliam]

Okay, so firstly the contactor is only rated to 24v (no mention of 600v anywhere on it) so this will need to be changed i assume.
So assuming the contactor is correct and the fusing is right, this is how i've wired so far;

230v from door switch to 230v at tranny
Live and neutral from tranny (L-600v N-0v) to L1 and L2 at contactor
Live and neutral from T1 and T2 to back of commando socket which probe plugs into
Took a live from 24v on tranny to A1 on contactor
Took a lead from 0v on tranny to A2 on contactor
From A1 to terminal 1 on footswitch socket
Then from plug to terminal in footswitch

Will add a pic in a bit, need about 4 smokes in a row first is doing my head in

 

[f1ngerz]

Took a live from 24v on tranny to A1 on contactor
Took a lead from 0v on tranny to A2 on contactor
From A1 to terminal 1 on footswitch socket
Then from plug to terminal in footswitch

if ive understood you should do the following:
0v from tranny to A2 on contactor
24v from tranny to foot switch term1
term 2? footswitch to A1 contactor

 

[hyperliteliam]

Thanks for the reply mate. Just tried that and still no joy. The bugger just won't pull in!

 

[hyperliteliam]

Morning guys.

Think that the contactor is shot on the switch side. When i test between L1 to T1 etc i get a reading. Just sure this is wired up correctly now, but just cannot fathom this out! So is there any way to test the contactor?

Cheers

 

[Dickylad]

Hi,
what voltage rating is the coil in the contactor? This should be stated on the contactor somewhere or with the information supplied with the contactor if it was bought new,

Regards,

Dickylad.

 

[Guest123]

As said confirm the voltage rating of the coil first before you go out and buy an new contactor.