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<div>James,</div><div>That is weird! is there a chance that the Euro plug has an internal feature that you can not see, that may be moulded into plug. I would cut it open and see if there is something in there. Maybe a resistor or something. Trying with the earth disconnected should have done it. That means the only difference is in the plug itself.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 4:25:58 AM MDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir='ltr'>Yes, I am going to ask how to wire a plug....<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Maybe some electrical guru can assist in this issue.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Here in Guernsey, we get a lot of stuff from mainland Europe. Which<br></div><div dir='ltr'>come with a 2 pin euro plug, that doesn't fit with our UK sockets. So<br></div><div dir='ltr'>you just chop the plug off and fit a 3 pin UK one. Done it hundreds<br></div><div dir='ltr'>of times. Standard thing.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>I bought this bandsaw from Austria. Chopped the plug off and wired up<br></div><div dir='ltr'>a UK one. Doesn't work. Either just doesn't switch on or trips the<br></div><div dir='ltr'>main breaker.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>I thought maybe it was wired reversed as with the euro plugs, you can<br></div><div dir='ltr'>put them in either way. No different.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>With the euro plug, the earth is not connected if you force it into<br></div><div dir='ltr'>the socket like your not supposed to do but everyone does. So I<br></div><div dir='ltr'>thought maybe there was a fault with the machine and with the earth<br></div><div dir='ltr'>connected on the UK plug, it was tripping the breaker. Tested with no<br></div><div dir='ltr'>earth. No different.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Basically it will ONLY work with the Euro plug it came with forced<br></div><div dir='ltr'>into the uk wall socket.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Wall socket tested with other appliances, all ok.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>I asked the guy in the workshop next to me who is a professional<br></div><div dir='ltr'>electrician. After he had mocked me for not being able to wire a<br></div><div dir='ltr'>plug, he looked at it and was utterly baffled.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>See pics. Ignore the temporary wiring bodge, I was putting it back<br></div><div dir='ltr'>together temporarily to prove a point. I was super careful.<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Any ideas anyone? Seems really odd. I<br></div><div dir='ltr'><br></div><div dir='ltr'>Regards<br></div><div dir='ltr'>James<br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br><a href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target=_blank>http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br></div>
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