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Electric Shock!

11/7/2012

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I've been getting the tingling feel whenever I touch the metal surfaces of the Wabeco mill. This reminded me of the same issue I had with the Sherline 2010 mill which earth pin wasn't contacting the clip in the cheapo adapter I was using. Mike of SgTooling had me check if the earth pin has proper contact with the adapter and to change out to a better travel adapter. The more expensive adapter (read better quality) from Homefix solved the problem.

The Wabeco mill came fitted a 2-pin Europlug which has earth via 2 contacts on its top and bottom, just like what Proxxin fitted theirs with.
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Sorry for the blurry pic. Using one hand to hold the plug while the other hand on the iPhone taking the pic.
I didn't have this problem with the Proxxon as I bought a suitable adapter from Mike the day I went over to his shop to inspect the lathe prior to its delivery.

I opened up the adapter Mike sold me and saw the contact for earthing:
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From the pic, you can see the copper contact on the top centre. This would provide the needed connection to the earth plate on the Europlug.
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This is how the Europlug looks like before applying the adapter.

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With the adapter installed.  Pic taken from the plug on the Proxxon lathe.

Looks like another trip down to Mike's shop is needed... The reward of going there - my favorite Curry Chicken Noodle!  Mikey, here I come... will you help me queue up for the Curry Chicken Noodle while I make my way down during lunch?
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