On Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:29:06 -0500, the renowned Terry
wrote:

Actual metalworking content...

Was drilling a hole with my ElCheapo brand floor model drill press and
the red plastic of the rocker switch popped out, never to be seen
again. Unscrewed the panel to the switch and lo-and-behold, there are
*four* wires connected (via spade connectors) to this switch, not two.
Two wires are red and are fastened to the same female spade connector.
One is black and if my voltmeter knows what it's talking about, it's
the hot wire. The fourth wire is black and is not hot when the
machine is plugged in.

My plan *was* to replace the switch with an ordinary 15A wall switch
but that doesn't sound like a good idea anymore. Help, please?

Best -- Terry

Probably the two red wires are the neutral and a DPST switch (requird
for switching two hot lines for overseas safety agency approvals) has
one side just used as a tie point. Is there an unconnected spade on
the switch, beside the two red wires?

So you should be able to put your new switch between the two black
wires and just leave the red wires tied to each other (and nowhere
else).




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Spehro Pefhany
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