[martin19842]

hi there,

ok my prochem cheyenne appears to have died today,

not power to anything,  checked the fuse and the cable connection into the machine.

all seems ok,, any ideas anybody??

please

cheers

regards

martin

[cleaning co]

if its not fuse in plug and the leads are connected ok there must be a fuse in the machine i would hav thought

[John Kelly]

Martin

Sometimes you can have a break internally in  the cable around where it enters the machine try wiggling this whilst switched on. If is  broken you need to open up machine and cut off damaged section and re-connect or renew whole cable.

[Mike Halliday]

If I remember my Cheyanne, the wiring was all of a single live wire, this wire went into the first switch the all the other switches had a feed into this first switch.

if everything is dead I would think its the main feed wire, pop out the switches and look for a loose wire.

Mike

[martin19842]

ok thanks for that,

the cable entering the machine looks good, but then it appears to go into a capicitor of sorts, about an inch in diameter, ny about 2 to 3 inches long, 

it doesnt show up on the wiring diagram??

regards

martin

[John Kelly]

If you can undo the cable from the machine end, do that and attach it to a lamp fitting or something. Just to make sure. As they are coiled up you sometimes get internal breakages which eventually recede from each other breaking the circuit.

[Mike Halliday]

Bypass it, it does'nt do anything important, I took mine out it made no difference.
Mike

[Geoff Jewkes]

Does it have a cut out if full??? Has the float switch got stuck??? Have Alltec 40 plus and when full cuts out pump & vacs. Try phonig prochem they`re very helpful

[martin19842]

HI THERE

A BiG THANK YOU  to you all,

im stuck in a meeting all day tomorrow, but its in the garage first thing on saturday morning, and fingers crossed.

i bought her second hand last march, and she 's worth her weight in gold.

regards

martin

[cleanlet]

try drying the electrics out with A HAIR DRYER SOMETIMES WATER GET IN

[martin19842]

hi there,

its fixed, internal cable break,

good job fixed it had a another burst pipe job today.

lovely!!!!!!!!!!!!

regards

martin

[BRSL]

Did you use John K's advice and try wiggling the wire with it switched on 

Ere John I can see why you clean carpets and your not an electrician lol 

heres a tru story , my uncle he is a sparky and he's colour blind 

Glad too see your back and running Martin 

James

[John Kelly]

Obviously you wouldn't wiggle the wire if it is physically damaged. What happens is the internal wires snap and eventually burn back due to arcing. If you switch on an wiggle them you often get a sharp burst of power. If so you have sourced the problem. Alternatively you could send it to a repair shop and pick up a lovely fat bill.
Colour blind sparky....bloody hell

[John Kelly]

By the way, everyone should have an RCD on their equipment. Water and electricity don't mix. Used and tried loads over the years. Best ones from Wickes about 8 quid, very rarely pack in.

[martin19842]

hi there

john

if we carry on the way we are we might have to spend some of our profits on better kit for this commercial work, and for the emergency stuff.

at present ive got 12 dehums and about 5 air movers on 4 sites, so its going well, and paying well.  If we could just stick with this work, i'd be a happy man.


regards

martin

[ollie]

John...whats an RCD?
Thanks
Ollie

[BRSL]

Ollie

its a "residual current device " or trip switch, if using any electrical equipment on commercial jobs I think you must have one 

James

[ollie]

Thanks James.