Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
?.. then DH was in a motorcycle accident.
The external wiring looked so good, the internals should be good too right? Uh,... no.
Third, I have no idea why people care so little about electricity that they're willing to make frankly dangerous repairs! Opening up the motor to look at the wiring and find the squeak that's been making me nuts - it's a pitch and a volume that makes me ill to hear it so I can't currently use the machine or be in the room if it's being used - I found a real surprise. All of the wires for the light - the 2 from the motor and the 2 from the light are joined at the same area as the rest of the wiring but only they have what looks like medical tape on them? Taking the tape off, it's a wonder this machine didn't throw a breaker or otherwise cause a commotion! All 4 wires were shorted together under the worst tape job I've ever seen. On top of this, almost all of the rest of the wires were crunchy and brittle. I spent the night rewiring from the coils forward and tomorrow I'm going to get the metal shielded wire and wire appropriate for the light and finish completely replacing all of the wiring. One gianormous can of worms I hadn't been thinking of opening
OMG Tammi! I hope there was no serious injury?! That is my biggest fear with my DH. He insist on driving the 30 miles to work on his Harley during the optimum deer crossing time of day! To illustrate, his truck is less than a year old and he has hit deer twice with it (it is currently in truck hospital for last weeks) both doing over 4G of damage. So relieved when weather makes him drive the truck instead of bike! So your DH and his bike are ok?
Yikes! This is a wake up call to me....my one WEAK link is wanting to mess with the electrical so I try to avoid it at all costs. It's not really that I'm "afraid" to tackle it...it's the fear that I will muck it up! So I tend to tell myself that it looks just fine and no worries. Lol, guess I better change that tune! That must be why I have so many treadles.
