Machine runs when it shouldn't
#11
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Join Date: Mar 2016
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#13
If you have a controller without a base you can see wires that look like little toasters that use electricity to lower the power to the motor.They can and do heat up, Early pedals had lots of air holes.
#14
Air holes in the can rheostat on this Minnesota. Think it got warm????
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#15
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Central Wisconsin
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That controller needs work no matter where it is.
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2019
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The cause for a machine running on its own may be that an old capacitor has burst in the foot controller which creates the short... Happened to me a couple of times...
As a rule, when I get a "new" vintage machine, I open the foot controller and remove the capacitor...
As a rule, when I get a "new" vintage machine, I open the foot controller and remove the capacitor...
#17
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Keller, TX
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Note on Janome foot controllers. Put your foot control on a towel on the counter, take it apart and check for lint and pet hair. (the Towel keeps screws from running off)
Take photos of sequence of taking it apart, so you remember when putting it back together. Just like my machine, I was amazed how much lint was in my pedal. Of course, you don't have to clean your foot pedal until it starts acting up, where you machine needs cleaning sometimes during and after each project.
Take photos of sequence of taking it apart, so you remember when putting it back together. Just like my machine, I was amazed how much lint was in my pedal. Of course, you don't have to clean your foot pedal until it starts acting up, where you machine needs cleaning sometimes during and after each project.