Post by Travis on Nov 12, 2016 23:28:45 GMT
I finally got around to working on the 34 Westinghouse that I got last week. The control contacts were questionable, but it had been rewired. I plugged it in yesterday afternoon and the overload tripped pretty quickly. I thought it was stalled
I returned home late last night. I got my meter and measured the resistance to determine start, run and common. I checked to see if any of the leads had grounded out. They were all open! Wow, I thought I was making progress. I pulled out my annie and hooked it up. I plugged it in and pushed the winding continuity buttons. All was well. I flipped the fwd button and the unit made a groan, then I toggled the start. I think it tried to start before a large shower of sparks. I had a sparkler indoors. I knocked the annie off the fridge and my light show was over. There was a heavy burnt electrical smell in the air. Unfortunately, I also heard a hiss and then another smell of our favorite so2.
I have no idea how this activity caused my poor unit to commit suicide and then try to kill me. I rushed around the house as the creeping god-awful stench consumed room after room. I left the back door open last night with a fan running.
I am hoping at Gill might transplant a 37 Westy compressor that was R12 on this unit. This is the second Westinghouse unit that I have seen ground out. Now that it's more or less empty, I would like to see how the leads are insulated from the shell.
This is the one time I will state this. I wish it had been Methyl Formate in my house last night. Whew baby, that stunk!
I returned home late last night. I got my meter and measured the resistance to determine start, run and common. I checked to see if any of the leads had grounded out. They were all open! Wow, I thought I was making progress. I pulled out my annie and hooked it up. I plugged it in and pushed the winding continuity buttons. All was well. I flipped the fwd button and the unit made a groan, then I toggled the start. I think it tried to start before a large shower of sparks. I had a sparkler indoors. I knocked the annie off the fridge and my light show was over. There was a heavy burnt electrical smell in the air. Unfortunately, I also heard a hiss and then another smell of our favorite so2.
I have no idea how this activity caused my poor unit to commit suicide and then try to kill me. I rushed around the house as the creeping god-awful stench consumed room after room. I left the back door open last night with a fan running.
I am hoping at Gill might transplant a 37 Westy compressor that was R12 on this unit. This is the second Westinghouse unit that I have seen ground out. Now that it's more or less empty, I would like to see how the leads are insulated from the shell.
This is the one time I will state this. I wish it had been Methyl Formate in my house last night. Whew baby, that stunk!
