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Hey all, Been away for a while with the new job thats keeping me busy!
But ive had a head banger of a day and could do with a helping hand of someone more in the know that I.
So heres the problem, We have a AHU with a large supply motor thats started via a star delta starter, Now last week 2 of the other guys were looking at this thing as it was not working and determined that there was a huge amount of things wrong!
Cutting a long list short motor was U/S, Contactors welded, Overloads cream crackered and timers shot.
So anyways they ordered all the parts and started the change over which they got half way through with, Now they both went on holiday Friday and now Ive been tasked with trying to finish it.
So I have changed the rest of the components allthough I am not 100% convinced everything is right! Obviously I didnt remove the old stuff and there is no drawings or anything to compare it to.
So I decided to test it without the 3 phase supply to the motors, Now I press the start switch, The main contactor energises along with the Star contactor but thats it, it never changes over to the Delta.
Now I think the timer is part of the problem here as when it energises along with the contactors it does not seem to time out and change state, But what concerns me is that it "ticks" instead!
Basicly it sounds like its continuously energiseing and de-energising the coil and the little amber light in the bottom left is flashing along with it.
Also when I adjust the time dial on the front it either speed up or slows down!
Now the other thing I am unsure about is the old timer had some initial on the Side (Pictures bellow) RCU.K and the New one has some other letters but they dont relate. I have no idea what these things mean so is it part of the problem?
Sorry if this is a daft Q but I dont have much dealing with these things!
Cheers
Old Timer:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...8-3BE8-4778-AD37-3E1FC3B37CF6_zpsgs6i84kc.jpg
New Timer:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...1-CC68-4450-B721-33213F98C74D_zpsugicsjfv.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...4-1ADE-4219-B239-1F72D4358AD3_zpsaruxuoux.jpg
But ive had a head banger of a day and could do with a helping hand of someone more in the know that I.
So heres the problem, We have a AHU with a large supply motor thats started via a star delta starter, Now last week 2 of the other guys were looking at this thing as it was not working and determined that there was a huge amount of things wrong!
Cutting a long list short motor was U/S, Contactors welded, Overloads cream crackered and timers shot.
So anyways they ordered all the parts and started the change over which they got half way through with, Now they both went on holiday Friday and now Ive been tasked with trying to finish it.
So I have changed the rest of the components allthough I am not 100% convinced everything is right! Obviously I didnt remove the old stuff and there is no drawings or anything to compare it to.
So I decided to test it without the 3 phase supply to the motors, Now I press the start switch, The main contactor energises along with the Star contactor but thats it, it never changes over to the Delta.
Now I think the timer is part of the problem here as when it energises along with the contactors it does not seem to time out and change state, But what concerns me is that it "ticks" instead!
Basicly it sounds like its continuously energiseing and de-energising the coil and the little amber light in the bottom left is flashing along with it.
Also when I adjust the time dial on the front it either speed up or slows down!
Now the other thing I am unsure about is the old timer had some initial on the Side (Pictures bellow) RCU.K and the New one has some other letters but they dont relate. I have no idea what these things mean so is it part of the problem?
Sorry if this is a daft Q but I dont have much dealing with these things!
Cheers
Old Timer:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...8-3BE8-4778-AD37-3E1FC3B37CF6_zpsgs6i84kc.jpg
New Timer:
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...1-CC68-4450-B721-33213F98C74D_zpsugicsjfv.jpg
http://i676.photobucket.com/albums/...4-1ADE-4219-B239-1F72D4358AD3_zpsaruxuoux.jpg