DH4000/L200 help

[Ga_Boy]

Paul,

I have been following this post.

The only thing I can offer is my 45 and a full magazine, this wont fix the motor, gut it sure will put it out of your misery and might make you feel better.  I know I fell better when I go through 500 rounds.

Keep the faith..


Mark

[ronwood]

Paul_H,

I know this may be a silly question but did the fan spin free? Wondering if it 1s possible that it was binding somewhere when the motor is reinstalled.

Ron

[Paul_H]

Thanks for the offer Mark but I spent some time in a batting cage on Saturday so I feel better 

Ron,
Yes the fan spins free with no noise or vibration to speak of.

[Paul_H]

I went over to the kiln this morning and tried a few different attacks on the problem and decided to change the wire harness that goes from the terminal block in the unit to the motor.It is 3-14, around 3' long and rated 105 celsius and I replaced it with a chunk that is rated 60 celsius.

While I was in the hardware store I met up with a freind that had a clamp ampmeter and he dropped by and did a test. The motor used 15 amp on starting and dropped down to a consistant 3 amps but the unit would shut off after 30 seconds again.
We grabbed one of the switches off of the two circulating fans and tried it again and the unit stayed on and now the Alder in the kiln is finally cooking.

I suppose I should have tried that last week but didn't even consider that both new switches that were sent out from Maine would be faulty.The odd thing is that  one of the new switches that wouldn't run the fan in the unit,works to run the circulating fan in the chamber.All the motors are the same rating 

The switch specs are

FL.  amp- 3
Hertz DC 50/60
Delay   94
Trip amps -4.05


And I doulble checked the voltage with the meter and it is 220 at the plug.

[devo]

Glad to hear you got it running Paul. I hope your customer has been understanding. I wondered about the possibility that you got 2 bad switches, but what are the odds? Sounds like Nyle needs to get after thier supplier about that!

[Paul_H]

devo
My customer was pretty happy to hear it was running again because he was looking at having to buy some KD Alder to finish his job even though he has almost 2000 bf in the kiln.
I appreciate the help that you gave on this problem and I hope that this thread may save someone else grief in the future.