08-04-2019, 03:23 PM
I've been working on the electronics/control box to add a motor direction reversing switch. It has been a pain finding the right switch. I'd really prefer a rocker switch, but the best I've been able to find in any store locally is a toggle switch. I'm going with that until I find the right rocker switch.
Image of the insides of the control box. Reversing switch is going to go into the lower left corner. The speed pot has a locating tab. I wanted to rotate it 180º to get the leads on the bottom, so I had to drill a new locating tab hole into the case. That speed pot is just loose in there in this photo.
Reversing switch installed.
External view of the installed reversing switch. Ken took his to a motor shop to have the switch put in. They located it on the bottom of the case where the power cords come and go and where the reset button is. I wanted my reversing switch to be distinguishable from the On/Off switch but to be near it and the speed pot on the top of the case. The only place for it was on the side, but that is near enough.
The reversing switch isn't wired yet, as I have not located my box of electronics parts since my move and the local hardware stores do not have what I need.
Rick
Image of the insides of the control box. Reversing switch is going to go into the lower left corner. The speed pot has a locating tab. I wanted to rotate it 180º to get the leads on the bottom, so I had to drill a new locating tab hole into the case. That speed pot is just loose in there in this photo.
Reversing switch installed.
External view of the installed reversing switch. Ken took his to a motor shop to have the switch put in. They located it on the bottom of the case where the power cords come and go and where the reset button is. I wanted my reversing switch to be distinguishable from the On/Off switch but to be near it and the speed pot on the top of the case. The only place for it was on the side, but that is near enough.
The reversing switch isn't wired yet, as I have not located my box of electronics parts since my move and the local hardware stores do not have what I need.
Rick