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On Saturday I had one of the table capacitors blow up. When it happened it fried the SS contactor. I have the CB inline with the power wire. Has anyone else had this happen?
Jerry
Jerry
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Yeh, I had one blow up right in my face a couple years ago.The bottom contacts on the contactor is the usual cause. It's always been the sweep for me.New contacts & a new cap.usually cures the problem.I never had a "10" ;..but ,one night after closing,..I did five " 2's" ! -
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had sweep cap on 24 blow up last weekend, brand new Vantage upper contact flew out of its little bracket and was touchin top post
not a vantage bash, just the factsComment
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The contactor I smoked was a solid state from Bowltronics.
JerryComment
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King,
Pindecked is right that the problem is in your table or (more likely)in your sweep relay. It's however not only the lower contacts that cause the problem, it's a combination of one NC contactor keeps making contact when the relay is activated and the other is making contact with NO. This causes hot and zero parallel on one of your capicitors and will explode.
Good Luck
MartinSo it goes.Comment
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i was just gonna get a yeh or nay on the bowltronics. . . .was considerin buyin a few. then i saw your post. i guess its a nay???
ive got a few seimens but mainly allen bradly'sComment
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Quote:]Originally posted by Coors:
i was just gonna get a yeh or nay on the bowltronics. . . .was considerin buyin a few. then i saw your post. i guess its a nay???
ive got a few seimens but mainly allen bradly's[/QUOTE]
Coor's...8270 Queen only had a problem with one set....they are a great product. I have had a few sets in for about 5 years now with zero problems.
Charlie [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]Please buy MADE IN USA!Comment
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 82/70 king:
Call Rick at Bowl Tronics, he can explain what happen. He has told us that bad caps can damage the Triac on the SS contactor even with the circuit breaker installed. So far we have had 2 failures on 100 plus units we have sold, which Bowl Tronics have repaired or replace.
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Quote:]Originally posted by Ed Fox:
Coor's...8270 Queen only had a problem with one set....they are a great product. I have had a few sets in for about 5 years now with zero problems.
Charlie [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
8270 queen [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/confused.gif[/img] lmao [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img] who :p
CRUD. [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif[/img]if things aren't going right just use a bigger hammer! DIRTComment
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you guys with them blowing up in your face you must be on the ball
I usually get there in time to see the smoke and the stink coming out :p you guys must be having all the fun. CRUD [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]
if things aren't going right just use a bigger hammer! DIRTComment
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I have about 12 solid state contactors installed. This is the 1st one that gave me a prob! I plan on replacing the rest of them.
QueenieComment
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Oh yeh.. they're fun alright !! like a BIG "party popper " All that paper stuffing hanging on your eyebrows ! [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img] [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/laugh.gif[/img]
You walk up front & people wonder WTF ? !!! :p
[ February 05, 2002: Message edited by: Pindecked ]I never had a "10" ;..but ,one night after closing,..I did five " 2's" !Comment
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I had one explode once....was on the bench...I wired the motor wrong [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shocked.gif[/img] and plugged it in with the cap covers off(82-30 GE head) and BOOM!!!!!!!!! Like to chit my self....couldnt hit the floor fast enough. Need less to say I will NEVER>>>>EVER plug in a motor with out the cap covers on. [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif[/img]
Charlie [img]/content/btubb/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif[/img]Please buy MADE IN USA!Comment
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Help!!!
Replaced the smoked contactor.....put it on a different lane and the table motor kicked on and ran contstantly. I hit the Cb on the wall before anything else went up in smoke.
JerryComment
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What board(s) are you running in your chassis?
I've had Omega-Tek's do that to me. The board remembers what it was doing when the power was removed.
Will the TBL shut off from the control box? If it does, shut it off before you apply power. Once you've applied power, hit the stepper button. That should clear the memory & get you going again. If it doesn't, your problem is elsewhere.
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