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  1. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    True, would be interesting to see what went wrong inside. I am not sure I would be able to fix it, but its worth a shot!
  2. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    I am not sure if the timer can be opened, it looks like its made out of molded bakelite type material. I found this post and it had me thinking: would it have killed the company to put in a few more inches of wire so that you had a serviceable length!
  3. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    Thanks guys. I will be armed with meter, schematic and maybe some wire to jumper the solenoids. I think the timer is bad, it makes sense, but to be sure I will start at the beginning and trace out - I don't want to swap out a part for no cause. @shrtrnd - the first few listings I have found for...
  4. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    LOL, I am better today... Only lost about 30 minutes worth of work, just one of those things - If it was going to happen, it did type of thing, ya know?
  5. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    Oh F.F.S......... :mad: Eagle crashed taking my last revision with it! This has not been my "electrical" week! :(
  6. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    Thank you for clearing that up! It makes sense from a manufacturing standpoint. Cool thing is I get to break with convention there since its a hand soldered one of :cool:
  7. chopnhack

    Loctite on electrical connections

    I see the photo, do you have to stack them? The multiple eyelet solution should work well, but to answer your other question - I have no real world data to answer your question on the difference between the two connections. Screws tend to back off through vibration if there path to rotate is...
  8. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    eh? Perhaps a matter of symantics. I was referring to the back side or under side as the side that will face down into the box and have the least clearance. You pulling my leg? :D:p
  9. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    Thanks Kris :-) I will look at some more layout options. Only the tiniest heights can go on the backside - say no more than 3mm high. I have 5mm offsets that I intend to use.
  10. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    Agreed, however the loose wire came off of a switch block (timer switch) that had several other contact points. I now suspect that it grounded itself on one of those other terminals. I checked the circuit breaker at the panel which was ok. I cycled it to ensure it was seated and on. As for the...
  11. chopnhack

    Designing a Time Delayed Relay

    The transformer takes up some serious real estate! I am really tempted to use the reverse side of the board for components. I know you said to not do this because it can lead to assembly errors and a generally untidy appearance, but I was thinking of putting the bridge and some discretes on the...
  12. chopnhack

    Loctite on electrical connections

    Not through a piece of wire, I was intending to mean that the two leads are from the same wire and can each one side's pad thus eliminating the requirement of conduction through the post.. I am not quite following what you mean by two of the connections will be parallel. See if this is right...
  13. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    Thanks Blue, the entire wash sequence does not begin at all. I even threw a towel inside in case it had a pressure sensor for load weight. Maybe the machine won't start unless it has a certain weight of clothes inside? To answer more clearly, I tried rotating the knob to the various settings...
  14. chopnhack

    Dryer not spinning

    The dryer is fixed and runs well. The washer valve has been replaced and seals. New hoses - check. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad: Why doesn't the bloody washer work now!!! The lead that had sparked is marked White 9 which I highlighted in yellow. My initial thought was that it had mains...
  15. chopnhack

    Capacitive Reactance Circuit

    I will certainly ask about that! Thanks. :-) Care to fathom a guess to how much current is output when run by 120v?
  16. chopnhack

    Christmas Decoration Repair

    That is a good price! Do you have a link to what they look like? I passed on the idea last year of going LED - I wasn't sure if they allow pass through connections to incandescent devices. The bow connects two other small strands of lights before ending up in the mains.
  17. chopnhack

    Christmas Decoration Repair

    Before anyone blurts out, "Why didn't you just buy a new strand of lights/get a new one, etc." I will explain briefly that the decoration in question (a 6' swag style bow with a red bow/white swags with matching lights) has hung from the front of the house for some years. When the store bought...
  18. chopnhack

    Capacitive Reactance Circuit

    My tire from China came in with the LED driver tied on :p:D It is a constant current driver! See the pics. The driver is marked BP9021 The cap is 4.7μF, the MB6F in front of it is a bridge rectifier, there are a few small resistors in front of the IC and a diode to the right of the transformer...
  19. chopnhack

    Help Getting Started with PIC Microcontrollers

    :eek: Does this mean "If, Then, Else" would be the most it can process at once?
  20. chopnhack

    Loctite on electrical connections

    Brass being so soft, the star washer would compress and probably not offer much "bite" - I don't think they make them. That being said, here is one alternative: Lock washer Or you can just use a double nut ;) That being said, I think we should start over and rethink this through: You said that...
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