04-11-2019, 12:23 PM
After many months trying to source a floor mounted starter button for my Ulsteroid at a sensible price I now have what I believe is probably the later version.
It was sold as being for refurbishment but I'm not really sure what to do.
It look like I need to clean up the brass disk which acts as a contact between the two brass pads and obviously give it all a thorough clean / paint but I'm not sure what to do about the pads themselves which I haven't yet tried to remove.
They appear to be insulated from the bottom and sides of the metal casing by what looks like a fibre cup but I'm concerned that if I try to dismantle the pads and threaded connectors this insulation will fall apart. That being said it's not in that good a condition and there will presumably be quite a high current here.
Any suggestions how best to proceed.
You can probably see the state of the insulation in the photograph below and also note that one of the connecting studs appears to be bent.
John.
It was sold as being for refurbishment but I'm not really sure what to do.
It look like I need to clean up the brass disk which acts as a contact between the two brass pads and obviously give it all a thorough clean / paint but I'm not sure what to do about the pads themselves which I haven't yet tried to remove.
They appear to be insulated from the bottom and sides of the metal casing by what looks like a fibre cup but I'm concerned that if I try to dismantle the pads and threaded connectors this insulation will fall apart. That being said it's not in that good a condition and there will presumably be quite a high current here.
Any suggestions how best to proceed.
You can probably see the state of the insulation in the photograph below and also note that one of the connecting studs appears to be bent.
John.