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Here is a good one for you. When wiring a dust collector on a 3 way switch make sure that the dust collector switch is ON. I checked the wiring twice and then the breaker before the Light Bulb went off.

mbcabinetmaker wrote:Here is a good one for you. When wiring a dust collector on a 3 way switch make sure that the dust collector switch is ON. I checked the wiring twice and then the breaker before the Light Bulb went off.

Most of us were taught that way, Mark. When something doesn't work that worked before - always check the last change that was made.

I make a habit of unplugging sharp tools when changing the setup. (saws, things with knife blades, sharp spinning things) Yeh, I like technical language.
Anyway, it is not unusual, on a hot tiring day, to complete a setup, make myself confortable, and pull the trigger to find that nothing is happening.
It keeps life interesting.

kalynzoo wrote:I make a habit of unplugging sharp tools when changing the setup. (saws, things with knife blades, sharp spinning things) Yeh, I like technical language.
Anyway, it is not unusual, on a hot tiring day, to complete a setup, make myself confortable, and pull the trigger to find that nothing is happening.
It keeps life interesting.

Speaking of 'unplugging', I was observing a power co. lineman do some repair work to the secondary(230v) wiring off a transformer on a pole. He First opened the switch/line fuse thereby opening the connection the the primary(HI VOLT). He THEN ALSO disconnected the wire going from the 'switch/line fuse' the the primary wire. In doing so, he disconnected it TWICE! LESSON: Do NOT rely on only ONE 'action(which may fail!) if a lethal force is involved!:eek:

BTW He ALSO put on rubber arm/chest protectors when messing with the Hi-volt stuff(one more layer of protection).