joe90 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Just using my table saw (soft start with no volt switching) and it packed up, will run if I hold the on button in but will not hold itself. It was modified with an extra mains socket to run a vacuum for dust removal. Any ideas please chaps 🤷♂️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Post some pics of the controls. If a proper start / stop, check the start button is pusming the contactor in all the way 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 (edited) Ah, it’s working now!!, overheating? The additional socket i have never used (installed by the previous owner) and I have not used it before but as I recently had a bad chest infection thought I would rig it up, so could the extra load of the vaccuum cause a fault? I have been working it hard this morning ripping timber into usable pieces. Edited March 10 by joe90 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonD Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 42 minutes ago, joe90 said: will run if I hold the on button in but will not hold itself. I had a similar problem with a bench grinder that had a safety cutout so if you lost power while using the tool, it would switch itself off. I found that the electromagnet part of the mechanism had failed somehow and that it would only work when holding it. It started suddenly, then intermittently and gradually got worse until I had to bin the switch and find a replacement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 50 minutes ago, joe90 said: ....Any ideas please chaps 🤷♂️ A seven year old lad. And £5. It's OK @joe90 I'm on my way out ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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