[Bill Robinson]

hi
my extraca excel runs for a while with my extension cable then over heats it and doesnt work till it cools again tried pulling all the cord out also useing shorter cable but still after a while both cables cut out .
where can i get a heavy duty one .what do you all use .
bill

[Chris R]

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010818853&r=2104&g=114

But you could have a fault on your machine.

Get it tested by an electrician.

Cheers

Chris

[John Kelly]

Bill, you say an extension. Are you fully unwinding it. If not you are creating a coil causing the cable to heat up. It must be fully unwound and also at a rating to support the machine.

[Bill Robinson]

its fully unwinded will check the other details tomorow

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Bill
Are you using 2 seperate extension leads or just the one? Excel has 2 power cables, try using seperate extension leads

[Bill Robinson]

it does it even if i dont use the hot water heater was doin a bus the other day also a car it did the same just useing the vac
bill

[Chris R]

You probably have an electrical fault Bill.

Shouldnt cost much to get an electrician to check it over.

[flyfish]

why don't you just call extracta and ask them what the problem is

[Phil Marlor]

When I had an Excel I couldn't use any type of ext. lead, it just blew it as soon as I turned it on.

I also used a friends which had a higher rating and after about 15 mins it just melted.

Get yourself a TM, no need to worry about blowing their fuses and finding 2/3 sockets to run the machine and using all of Madam's hot water.

Been there and never going back!

Phil

[the red carpet]

I have the excell and have only ever found one extension lead that will take it, all the others have worked for a while and ended up melting or blowing fuses. The one i have is a home made one that a workman left in my house once its a really thick cable a little thinner than you would get on a electric cooker and it has a plug on one end and a double socket with a circuit breaker on the other. I plug both leads into this and it works fine from the one sockett, if i were you i would try making one

[Bill Robinson]

whats a tm

When I had an Excel I couldn't use any type of ext. lead, it just blew it as soon as I turned it on.

I also used a friends which had a higher rating and after about 15 mins it just melted.

Get yourself a TM, no need to worry about blowing their fuses and finding 2/3 sockets to run the machine and using all of Madam's hot water.

Been there and never going back!

Phil

[Phil Marlor]

Truck Mount!

Phil

[Steve Chapman]

hi,
I have the excel too and it really does need a very heavy duty ext lead, i've had several that have just fried themselves.

u need one for heavy duty power tools, even then I wouldn't plug both leads into it, its recommended they have separate sockets in the house ...
regards
steve

[Bill Robinson]

hi,
I have the excel too and it really does need a very heavy duty ext lead, i've had several that have just fried themselves.

u need one for heavy duty power tools, even then I wouldn't plug both leads into it, its recommended they have separate sockets in the house ...
regards
steve

what do you recomend for a good quality heavy duty exstention lead

[Chris R]

Bill,

I gave you a link to machine mart earlier 

That is a heavy duty ext cable. I have one. Its thick cable and will take the power, but you may need to unwind it to be safe.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010818853&r=2104&g=114

[Steve Chapman]

Any cable that is reasonably thick and has a safety cut out should be suitable, not the sort you get at B & Q
regards
steve

[Bill Robinson]

Bill,

I gave you a link to machine mart earlier 

That is a heavy duty ext cable. I have one. Its thick cable and will take the power, but you may need to unwind it to be safe.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010818853&r=2104&g=114

k i will try this n

[Ian Rochester]

We run 2 excel machines all the time, never had any problems using extension cables, remember this machine is pulling 6kw, it needs a good quality 13A extension lead, not 10A or 5A bought from B & Q.  As stated the lead needs to be fully unwound to prevent overheating, but this is standard practice for any extension.

The advice of getting a TM for the sake of a good quality extension lead is slightly OTT.! Although I am not against TM's (I will probably get a prowler in the near future) our machines run day in day out with excellent results and numerous repeat bookings.  I personally think the Excel is one of the most reliable and robust portables on the market.

[Spot On cleaning]

I used an extracta excel for 3 years and occasionally it used to melt the fuse inside my power breakered extension lead, even when fully unwound. It's only a back up machine fo my tm now, but i will in the future be purchasing another one because it was reliable.....simple as, and gave a good performance.

Dave

[Buster Ingram]

Go to B&Q and get some Blue 15amp cable that will do the trick.
What a lot of people don't realise is electical cable brakes down over a period of time and then starts to build up resistance coursing over heating.