Recent content by markus19

Lol yeah i would agree if i was talking of stripping down all the electrics but when im just talking about the battery or earth rod a dont think you need to be a spark or know what every inside part is for to be able to use the generator :-)

Hi there Well a dont know what kind of battery it should use as it didn't come with one.. i just took it a 12v would start it... rather then telling me that i dont know what im doing would it not be more helpful to advise me what i need to do and what the parts i mention are for ;-) cheers

Thanks for your responses I was thinking maybe a 12v battery wouldn't be fitted as standard in these generators and that's why i though fitting a 12v car battery with a high cold cranking amp would maybe of caused this to happen. I also though it was some issue with the battery due to the...

Hi there so is this common practise for these generators to have no in line fuse from the live battery wire What sort of fuse would i be looking to fit inline cheers

Hi Well the wires couldn't be to small as i bough a full new switch unit the exact same as what was on , it wasn't possible to wire up wrong as it was plug and play and the new switch unit had no melted wires before i fitted it also the old switch unit that was on before i changed it had no...

Hi guys last week at auction i bough a suntom sde6500t diesel generator there a Chinese Genny but not to bad. There was no battery on it at the time so bough it on sold as seen and someone stole the keys from it after i had purchased it meaning i had to buy a new ignition switch. After the...

Hello again Apart from all the health and safety advice i don't think i have clearly been told yet were all wire's should go for a single phase setup i think from one post on here i have a good idea of were the L and N should go from the motor and from the supply but not whether the...

Hello Thank you for your useful response cjard the main thing i will be using this saw for is to rip scaffolding boards down. As i have said a can't really see alot of feature's that this saw would be missing that you would get with a shop bought saw.. once i get the switch fitted with...

i there guys sorry for the delay in getting the pictures of the saw i have been working away and not long been back , i have been saying i must get the pictures took but kept forgetting. i have just now took some pictures of the saw in the shed with it being night i have had to use the...

Hi guys i will get you some pics tmo of the saw i wouldn't really class it as a homemade lash up..... honestly if there was a guard over the belt and blade what different is there to a shop saw ?? its a fair size table so as long as u keep front side away from the belt your fine.. if ur...

Hi Thank you for you help guys but can i just say without sounding ungrateful can you stop giving me full sellafield style health and safety checks.. and wise crack lol this is the reason nothing gets done anytime fast these days needing a ticket to push a wheel barrow... its a simple...

Hello Ow ok i though all i was buying here was a motor switch..... just a basic in line switch that would turn the motor on and off it seems to be more of a complicated setup than i wanted... can you advise were the black patch cables should be fitted for a single phase setup ?? also...

Hello many thanks for all your help :-D so just to confirm Supply Live in 1 Supply Neutral in 5 Live patch cable from 2 to 3 Then Motor Live in 4 Motor Neutral in 6 Many thanks Mark

Hi guys thanks for your reply i have looked at the diagram although it is for a ads8 and mine is a ads7 the wiring looks the same the diagram tells me to fit the supply to 1 and 5 and the motor to 4 and 6 also to fit a wire between 3 and 2 can you tell me which numbers they mean...

Hi guys i have just bough a large homemade table saw , it has a really big electric motor on it that drives a belt for the blade , the only issue is the motor powers up just by plugging into the mains there has been no in line switch fitted i have bough the unit in the pictures at auction...