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The hardest part on the electronics, is prying them open. It's sort of like a puzzle. Other than that, you're replace 2 wires with 2 wires, and they (in my experience so far, 1/2 dozen done) aren't polarized, even on the electronic ones. Top left and top middle should be at least looked into. The wide Singer one, I had bad luck with, fragile thin copper contact strips that had arced through.
#13
Remove the old foot pedal (or repair?) and reuse cord with new. Easy as pie on the older Singers button controllers as nothing to mix up. Never had a new electronic but I'd imagine its equally simple. I'm sure you can find installation instructions online or from a QB member.
Jon
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Remove the old foot pedal (or repair?) and reuse cord with new. Easy as pie on the older Singers button controllers as nothing to mix up. Never had a new electronic but I'd imagine its equally simple. I'm sure you can find installation instructions online or from a QB member.
Jon
Jon
#18
Do I see a brown foot controller in the pile? The one that fits my 401a isn't goodand when I bought a new replacement one from sew classic it didn't fit. I would love to have yours if that's what it is!
#19
All of the button pedals you have will work for your FW. There are basically 2 leads (cords) for the singer machines: A double lead cord - will have a cord that goes to the pedal and one to the wall, and a single lead cord - will go to the pedal and another cord altogether will go to the wall.
The pedals are interchangeable with both lead sets. You have a veritable goldmine there.
I should also mention that I haven't seen a button pedal wear out. I've seen them need adjustment and sometimes a little cleaning and then they're good as new.... I posted instructions here:
http://www.archaicarcane.com/singerattheraces/
http://www.archaicarcane.com/what-a-pile-of/
The electronic pedals are very easy to wire as well, as long as it's a 2 lead pedal not one meant for a 3 wire cord, it wires pretty much exactly the same as a button pedal, but may require the addition of a set of crimp on connectors to connect to the circuit board.
The pedals are interchangeable with both lead sets. You have a veritable goldmine there.
I should also mention that I haven't seen a button pedal wear out. I've seen them need adjustment and sometimes a little cleaning and then they're good as new.... I posted instructions here:
http://www.archaicarcane.com/singerattheraces/
http://www.archaicarcane.com/what-a-pile-of/
The electronic pedals are very easy to wire as well, as long as it's a 2 lead pedal not one meant for a 3 wire cord, it wires pretty much exactly the same as a button pedal, but may require the addition of a set of crimp on connectors to connect to the circuit board.
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Alright, all three "toe-button" controllers are spoken for, I think. I got the wide singer pedal apart without too much trouble but it has those little u-shaped clips to connect the wires. All of these pedals have different wiring set connectors to the machines so to ask if I have a specific one is a crap-shoot if you need the wiring too. If you just need a pedal for your current wiring set, that may be much more doable. Most of what are left are the spring-loaded metal pedals with various and sundry wiring connected. Tammi's right about the rewire, fairly easy with a 2-wire connection.
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