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<div>James,</div><div>That fuse might be more than a fuse.</div><div>Hank</div><div><br></div>
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On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 1:18:54 PM MDT, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles@psubs.org> wrote:
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<div><div dir='ltr'><html><body>Yes, it works with a travel adapter.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">I wired up a different Euro plug today (which I can see inside and no<br clear="none">resistors or anything) and that works as well. Only difference I can<br clear="none">think of is that the UK plug has a fuse. How that can affect it I<br clear="none">don't know.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Its not a big problem, I would just like to figure it out!<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Regards<br clear="none">James<br clear="none"><div class="yqt7641503197" id="yqtfd16081"><br clear="none">On 19/09/2017, Alec Smyth via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none"><<a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">> Hmmm... sounds silly but maybe plug it in using a travel adapter?<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> :)<br clear="none">><br clear="none">> On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 6:25 AM, James Frankland via Personal_Submersibles<br clear="none">> <<br clear="none">> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none">><br clear="none">>> Yes, I am going to ask how to wire a plug....<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Maybe some electrical guru can assist in this issue.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Here in Guernsey, we get a lot of stuff from mainland Europe. Which<br clear="none">>> come with a 2 pin euro plug, that doesn't fit with our UK sockets. So<br clear="none">>> you just chop the plug off and fit a 3 pin UK one. Done it hundreds<br clear="none">>> of times. Standard thing.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I bought this bandsaw from Austria. Chopped the plug off and wired up<br clear="none">>> a UK one. Doesn't work. Either just doesn't switch on or trips the<br clear="none">>> main breaker.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I thought maybe it was wired reversed as with the euro plugs, you can<br clear="none">>> put them in either way. No different.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> With the euro plug, the earth is not connected if you force it into<br clear="none">>> the socket like your not supposed to do but everyone does. So I<br clear="none">>> thought maybe there was a fault with the machine and with the earth<br clear="none">>> connected on the UK plug, it was tripping the breaker. Tested with no<br clear="none">>> earth. No different.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Basically it will ONLY work with the Euro plug it came with forced<br clear="none">>> into the uk wall socket.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Wall socket tested with other appliances, all ok.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> I asked the guy in the workshop next to me who is a professional<br clear="none">>> electrician. After he had mocked me for not being able to wire a<br clear="none">>> plug, he looked at it and was utterly baffled.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> See pics. Ignore the temporary wiring bodge, I was putting it back<br clear="none">>> together temporarily to prove a point. I was super careful.<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Any ideas anyone? Seems really odd. I<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> Regards<br clear="none">>> James<br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>> _______________________________________________<br clear="none">>> Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none">>> <a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">>><br clear="none">><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Personal_Submersibles mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org" href="mailto:Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org">Personal_Submersibles@psubs.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles" target="_blank">http://www.psubs.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/personal_submersibles</a><br clear="none"></div></body></html></div></div>
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