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USE THE 'ODD' COLORED SCREW---THE 'LIKE' COLORED SCREWS ARE USED FOR THE 'SWITCH LEGS' OR 'TRAVELERS'.

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Look at the three terminal screws on the switch. One of them will be a different colour. This will be the common terminal on the switch.

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How do you wire a compressor switch?

Take a wire from one of the line terminals L1 to one side of the contactor coil. Take another wire from the second line terminal L2 and put it to one side of a N.C. contact on the overload block. From the other side of the N.C. contact on the O/L block take a wire to the N.C. terminal on the pressure switch. From the other side of the N.C. contact on the pressure switch terminal connect the wire to the other side of the coil. This configuration will be using the same coil voltage on the contactor as that of the supply voltage.


How do you wire into a kill switch?

You have to get into the wiring between the stator and the coil to break the power side or to take the power side to gnd and stop the coil from charging. If your still guessing its best to take it to a small engines place and let them do it for $20.


Why potential difference is necessary to produce current in a circuit?

AnswerPotential difference, voltage, is a force that will cause electrons (negative charges) to move if they can. Voltage is the motive power behind electron flow, and electron flow is the current. In a battery, we have voltage between (or across) the terminals from chemical energy inside. We don't have to have current flow to have the voltage. Some might think of voltage as "electrical pressure" because it is a force. That isn't a bad way to look at it. If we connect some wires and put a light bulb and a switch in series across the terminals of the battery, we have a circuit. If we close the switch, voltage, which was present all the time, will now cause electrons to flow through the wire and light the bulb. The battery has a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The positive terminal will take in electrons and the negative terminal will send them out. Current flows in only one direction. The potential difference created by the battery has energized the circuit and current flowed from the negative terminal of the battery, out through the circuit, and back to the positive one.


What does C FAN HERM mean on a capacitor?

The old capacitor was very swollen and looked like a soda can that had been repeatedly shaken up. Be sure to write down which wires go to what terminal on your capacitor before removing the old one or just take a few pictures. For home air conditioning systems that use dual run capacitors they will have 3 terminals. The terminal labeled "HERM" is for the yellow wire that goes to the "Hermetically Sealed" compressor. The "FAN" terminal gets connected to the brown wire that goes to the condenser fan. Finally the "COM" terminal is for the purple and red wires that go to the contactor and provide power to the capacitor.


What do you mean by sourcing and sinking?

A sourcing output supplies current or voltage to the load. The output would be hooked to one side of the load, and the other side is grounded. A sinking output works by pulling the voltage or current to ground. In this case, the load is connected to the 'hot' power supply terminal, and the other end is connected to the sinking output. When the output goes active ("goes low"), current flows from the power supply, through the load, then to ground via the output terminal. Sinking outputs are sometimes called 'open collector' outputs. You can visualize it this way: Take a light bulb and hook one lead to the chassis of your car. You just grounded the load. Now take a wire and hook it to the positive battery terminal. When you touch the battery wire to the bulb, it lights. You are 'sourcing' current to the bulb. Now, connect the bulb to the positive battery terminal. Take a wire and connect it to the car's frame (ground). The bulb already has a voltage supply - the positive battery terminal. When you touch the ground wire to the bulb, sinking current to ground, the bulb lights. The big deal here is IC's that sink current typically have much greater current capability than those with sourcing outputs. So why even bother with sourcing outputs? Their main claim to fame is the load can be ground-referenced, which is very desirable in some situations.

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How do you wire a compressor switch?

Take a wire from one of the line terminals L1 to one side of the contactor coil. Take another wire from the second line terminal L2 and put it to one side of a N.C. contact on the overload block. From the other side of the N.C. contact on the O/L block take a wire to the N.C. terminal on the pressure switch. From the other side of the N.C. contact on the pressure switch terminal connect the wire to the other side of the coil. This configuration will be using the same coil voltage on the contactor as that of the supply voltage.


How can i take power from exsisting light switch to another light and switch for another room?

Only if the existing switch box has an unswitched hot and neutral in it.


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You installed a start stop cutler hammer ecn0501aba freedom fvnr non combination starter to your air compressorhow do you wire an air pressure switch line voltage to your starter?

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