Foot pedal for dremmel
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It's probably wired like a normal switch. Don't know Dremmel, is this a battery or a mains thing? There is no positive in AC (mains) electricity!
Are you replacing an existing switch, or adding a switch?
Are you replacing an existing switch, or adding a switch?
OK
SO it is a mains tool?
The switch has to interrupt the live connection so the brown wire is the live input from the mains plug, and the blue wire will be the switched live that goes off to the tool's live connection.
You wire it up like this drawing for a simple light switch. The circle with a cross in it will be your Dremmel.
NOTE that the neutral is NOT switched and is not connected to the switch in any way!
SO it is a mains tool?
The switch has to interrupt the live connection so the brown wire is the live input from the mains plug, and the blue wire will be the switched live that goes off to the tool's live connection.
You wire it up like this drawing for a simple light switch. The circle with a cross in it will be your Dremmel.
NOTE that the neutral is NOT switched and is not connected to the switch in any way!
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That photo does not show a neutral and a live.
It shows a blue and a brown wire. Wires dont know if they are live, or neutral or something else, they only what colour they are.
It shows a blue and a brown wire. Wires dont know if they are live, or neutral or something else, they only what colour they are.
It is wrong. Obviously written by some one with no electrical knowledge.
It is, in any case, the opposite way round to your other picture - not that it matters as they are both Line conductors..
Neutral is the name given to the conductor that completes the circuit from the load back to the supply.
It is not a name for Blue or Black wires.
Wires can be anything we want them to be; they do not know what colour they are.
It is, in any case, the opposite way round to your other picture - not that it matters as they are both Line conductors..
Neutral is the name given to the conductor that completes the circuit from the load back to the supply.
It is not a name for Blue or Black wires.
Wires can be anything we want them to be; they do not know what colour they are.
To answer your actual question....
What is on the other end of the cable that comes out of this pedal?
Personally, I'd consider modifying a short extension lead to connect to the pedal. Then plug the dremmel into the extension lead. That way you don't need to modify the dremmel itself, and you can consider using the pedal with other devices in the future.
What is on the other end of the cable that comes out of this pedal?
Personally, I'd consider modifying a short extension lead to connect to the pedal. Then plug the dremmel into the extension lead. That way you don't need to modify the dremmel itself, and you can consider using the pedal with other devices in the future.
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What comes to mind for me when someone says "Dremel" isn't mains powered. However, looking on their site I see that many of their tools are mains powered so it's not that clear. So before even thinking about this, please confirm that it is a 240V mains powered tool (without a separate power supply pack) we are talking about ?
IF it is 240V mains powered, then it needs wiring as Taylortwocities shows above, and as endecotp says, wire it into a short extension lead so you don't have to modify the tool - and it can be used for other tools as well.
Be aware that running the tool below normal speed may make it heat up more than normal - reduced airflow for cooling. SO keep an eye on the temperature and give it a rest if it starts getting hot.
What comes to mind for me when someone says "Dremel" isn't mains powered. However, looking on their site I see that many of their tools are mains powered so it's not that clear. So before even thinking about this, please confirm that it is a 240V mains powered tool (without a separate power supply pack) we are talking about ?
IF it is 240V mains powered, then it needs wiring as Taylortwocities shows above, and as endecotp says, wire it into a short extension lead so you don't have to modify the tool - and it can be used for other tools as well.
Be aware that running the tool below normal speed may make it heat up more than normal - reduced airflow for cooling. SO keep an eye on the temperature and give it a rest if it starts getting hot.
Yes it is 240 v wired without separate pack. .My first thoughts were to fit the pedal to an extension lead.Apparently when using a variable speed pedal the speed setting on the Dremmel should be set to maximum because "electronics don't like working behind two speed controllers."according to posts I've read on this subject.
Thanks to everyone who has replied to this thread, I now have a definitive answer.
Thanks to everyone who has replied to this thread, I now have a definitive answer.
Ah, so it already has a variable speed controller built in, and you're going to put it behind another. "Interesting", there are so many possibilities. At one extreme it'll just work, or they may interact in interesting ways, or at the very worst (though my gut feeling says not very likely) you let the smoke out of one of them.
Putting the tool on max speed won't take it's controller out of the equation - unless it has a mechanical switch that bypasses the speed control altogether, and I've never seen that in a tool.
Putting the tool on max speed won't take it's controller out of the equation - unless it has a mechanical switch that bypasses the speed control altogether, and I've never seen that in a tool.
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It does not have a trigger type speed control ,it has a preset speeds which you select by sliding a mechanical switch.
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