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Old 02-17-2012, 07:15 PM
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lowjane
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I am sorry for such a late reply. My machine is older and doesn't have the speed control in the
body of the machine that the little adapter would plug into. I had purchased the handles on ebay
and we are snowbirds for the winter, so not at home
The machine that I want to adapt them to is at home.
In the meantime I have done my homework

Here is what DH will have to adapt when we are home:

We researched and found the drawing and wiring for the footpedal of my machine.
The foot pedal runs the stop and start of the machine- there is a relay of sorts in the pedal
DH is going to take the footpedal apart and wire the controls up to the handles.
Basically the footpedal is just an on and off switch and in theory should work.
We don't want to wreck the handles as I may have to switch machines at some time, he is hoping
just to put an adapter so that I can plug the handles in rather than cut and splice the wires on the handles
Although if we keep the end and he does decide to hardwire it in then we can reattach at a later date.

The key is to get a drawing of your foot pedal mechanism or just take it apart and peek and see
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