Hi All

Can you spot the errors made by putting this sewing machine out for sale in a charity shop?

- 13 amp plug with unsleeved L and N pins
- figure-8 single-insulated wire outside the machine casing to the lampholder
- unguarded drive belt and pulleys between the motor and the machine*

Not this exact machine, but this sort of arrangement, see photo 11
https://www.ebth.com/items/6178614-r...sewing-machine

Owain

Perhaps it was a venerable Singer 99K like we have?
It belonged to SWMBO's grandmother and spent 50 years in my late MiL's
cellar until I rescued.
It has twin flex to the plug and the foot pedal (the later has no
exposed metal) the flex is double insulated. The plug is an old MK
with no sleeving on the pins. I am in no hurry to replace that.

I suppose I should really fit a three core mains led and earth the
machine, perhaps I'll get round tuit.

Oh, top for anyone with a 99K.
I was using it on Monday, and left it plugged in for half an hour
while I went outside. When I returned the machine was operating at
about half speed, "stitching its own thread".

A little investigation showed that the interference filter capacitor
across the rheostat in the foot pedal was reading 50 ohms. I snipped
it out.

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Graham.
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