These big companies have no interest in selling spares for their products - they'd much rather you forked out for a whole new item.
Hi Thought id share my experience and tell you about a good result.
Last year picked up a good condition 3 phase bridge port , with no readouts.
stood in my garage whilst I got over my heart attack all reasonably good now so decided to get it going
wired up a teco VFD that I had , turns out the main motor was knackered , ( brought untested )
so took motor off and as those who have one that's where the problems start .
they are non standard motors and every one I contacted quoted upwards off £300 for a rewind + vat.
and the original motor was only 0.95 hp so :
I took the decision to machine the motor bottom plate to take a bigger standard d90 1.1kw 1.5 hp tec motor
also brought a new weg cfw300 VFD.
took a day to do the mods and wire it all up.
result works perfect , the WEG VFD is so much easier to set up than the teco and works a treat.
finally a word to inverter drive supermarket , 1.1kw new motor , weg vfd , and controls £237 +vat
and the technical back up was superb ( and without sounding sexist , it was a lady ! , very good . )
ordered at 3pm arrived 8.30 next day all well packaged and strapped to a small pallet .
so better than original and cheaper than a rewind , ps: I used the teco vfd to power the table feed motor.
also picked up some lcd table digital scales for £150 .
if any one wants any details ill do some pics ect.
I also put a VFD on my Harrison Lathe - also transformed it so much more usable .
Nice one, you obviously know your way round machine tools.
You can't beat fixing something yourself that so called "professionals" want to charge a fortune for.
I once fixed a mates oven, he had been quoted £85 just for someone to have a look at it, turned out it was a solder joint that had come loose causing
a thermal fuse to blow....cost 10p for a new fuse !!!
Be interesting to read other people's best repairs....?
[Edited on 16/3/18 by Barksavon]
Ditto - sounds like you've done some good work there!
I once fixed our dead tumble dryer by replacing a £15 control PCB assembly inside it. Hotpoint wanted £70 odd just to visit and inspect. The repair
itself would have then been parts + labour meaning it was fix it yourself or simply replace the appliance. It worked for 3 more years before conking
out completely so I was pleased I took the time to repair it.
Similar with our Honeywell wireless timer/thermostat that I rattled on about recently in the 'Wanted' section. One button didn't work,
between £75 and £100 for a replacement. After I finally worked out what the problem was (mostly brain fade on my behalf when diagnosing it) I fixed
it for just under £9.
These big companies have no interest in selling spares for their products - they'd much rather you forked out for a whole new item.
It's so satisfying to fix something that you know would have cost you an arm and leg for someone else to do ...and to get a few more years of
life out of it.
I've remembered I rescued my electric shower a few years back, one of the heating element's packed up, looked on eBay, found exact same
shower being sold for spares/repairs due to a different fault, bought for a tenner, took the element I need out, put it in mine....bingo. Shower
lasted another 5 years or so and was still working when I refitted my bathroom.
I also used a VFD to run my Bridgeport head. This was a conversion I did. It's a Bridgeport cherrying head mated to a Tom senior
Bridgeport senior
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Originally posted by David Jenkins
Similar with our Honeywell wireless timer/thermostat that I rattled on about recently in the 'Wanted' section. One button didn't work, between £75 and £100 for a replacement. After I finally worked out what the problem was (mostly brain fade on my behalf when diagnosing it) I fixed it for just under £9.
These big companies have no interest in selling spares for their products - they'd much rather you forked out for a whole new item.