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I have a Genie electric garage door opener which works for 3 days, does not work for 3 days, and then repeats the cycle. The opener system is ~ 20 yrs. old and we have not had any issues until now. The floor eyes/sensors appear to be connected correctly. I looked at the feeder electrical box and found a wire nut which had two wires which had not been twisted and the nut was too large. I twisted the wires and used a smaller nut. The opener when worked again for ~ 3 days. All of this started a few weeks ago when we had the coldest day this season, approx. minus 5-deg. F. When the system is not working the switches on the wall are not lit. Do you have any suggestions? Danl
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While in the midst of a rip cut in 3/8 pine, my MK V up and quit. Just like the switch was turned off. Checked power from the outlet. All good. I suspect a loose wire internally. Hoping a visual inspection reveals the cause because my diagnostic tools are still packed away...in one box or another.
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I am in the middle of another experiment on the lathe (Jet mini) and the power switch failed. Failed in the ON position. It is nothing more than a toggle switch, but is a pain to deal with. Mainly because of my ability to drop things that fall in never, never land. I unplugged and got a new one at HD. Not a direct match (never is) So I had to improvise. I made it work after fumbling and dropping things. It missed fitting in the old switch mounting by one eighth inch, after I had it all together and tried to mount it. I am frustrated and dropped some screws. Many years ago as an instrument tech, I could work for hours on the same mechanical instrument. I am not as patient now and much clumsier. So I got me a glass of iced water and got on this forum. After about 15 minutes I returned to the lathe, got a flash light and looked for dropped parts. WOW, I found the screws and pieces quickly. Sometimes you just have to chill out.
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Found this and thought of you. The paper cover was already damaged as found.
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Shopsmith Has New Power
John Morris posted a topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
Since I purchased my Shopsmith last Summer, it seemed to lack a bit of power for what seemed to me to be regular ripping tasks of hard wood. It seemed to bog down a tad, and I just figured that issue would be fixed when I decide to get a dedicated outlet for it, as Shopsmith highly recommends. Over the last few months I'd turn the SS on and the garage lights would dim briefly, so I figured man I really need that dedicated outlet. Two weeks ago, our Washer and Dryer stopped working, and our stove/oven stopped as well. Long story short, the stove/oven circuit board got fried, and the Washer and Dryer fortunately has some pretty good protection for wonky power surges etc, so they just needed to be reset. But before the repairman fixed our range, we had an electrician come out and see what the heck is going on. It took him all of 3 minutes to track the issue down to a loose neutral at the box outside. The neutral wire even had some crusted burn marks on it, through conversation with us and his years of experience, he came to the conclusion that the last guy (another electrician who wired my garage for 220v machinery over 10 yrs ago) must of left the job incomplete. The rest of the job was fine, but he did not get it all tightened back up. Our current electrician replaced the neutral, and inspected all the wires in the box, went through them, made sure they were all tight, and closed it all back up, did his testing at our home outlets that seemed affected, and meanwhile I asked him for an estimate to run a dedicated outlet for my Shopsmith. He told me, "sir, run your Shopsmith for a few days, I bet after the work I just did, you'll see a good improvement in your machine, and your lights won't dim anymore when you start it up, and if you don't see an improvement call me back, I'd be glad to wire you up". He also explained to me that "dedicated" only means that you aren't running anything else on the outlet, I told him the only thing I run on that outlet is the garage door opener, and he stated, as long as the garage door isn't opening at the same time I'm running the Smith, then I got a dedicated line already. Ok, I'll buy that. He walked out the door 90 bucks later, and I gotta say, it was the best 90 bucks I ever spent! The next day I fired up my Shopsmith and put some oak through it, and it ripped so clean and quick, and I put a few more pieces through my Smith that typically would bog it down, and she worked like a champ! Sliced through my material like butter. Just like on the Shopsmith videos. And my lights did not even flicker. I am very happy, and I have a family electrician I'll call when I need one again. And spread the word.- 43 replies
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Is your electrical service properly grounded?
Gene Howe posted a topic in Machinery, Tools, Research, Reviews and Safety
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So I now have the 24" Drumsander up and running. Wow does this thing really sand. I ran an end grain cutting board through yesterday that needed leveling up. Less than 5 minutes and this board was done. So so I got the old breaker box out and put in a new 100 amp box and ran a new line over to the sander. a a couple of more circuits and I can close up the wall. I will need to extend the power cord. It has an 8' cord on the machine but it needs to be about 12'. I'll work on that later. Got to get some projects out the door now. Thanks for your input Todd.
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