19 Feb
2012
19 Feb
'12
8:12 p.m.
We never found out why the 811 was wired that way.
We're pretty sure
Err, no. Devices that short out the mains in normal operation are not
normally very useful.
that it wasn't supplied by the factory that way,
and that someone did a
field modification, but we couldn't make any sense of how the modified
version could have been useful for anything. We rewired it to factory
spec, replaced the vane switch, and it has worked properly ever since.
How'complex' was the modification, If it was 'just' connectiong some
wires to the wrong tags, particularly if they were screw terminals or
fastons, then it could have happened by accident. Particularly if some of
the wires are the same colour, or if the wires has been mirror-relfected
in some wat.
If it was a more major modification, how neat was it? Random bits of wire
hangl;ig loose, or neatly tied into the cableform?
I haev a Creed 444 teleprinte with the associated control unit. They are
linked by a piece of telephone cable (which I beleive to be original) of
the type that conssits of a number of twised pair. One wire of each pair
is whit,e the other is a differnet colour.
Anyway, some 'genius' at some point cut this cable midway along and
rejoind it, simply matching the colours. Which meant the white wires --
half of the total wires i nthe cable -- were scrambled. It did no
permanent damage (Creeds are stronger than that!), but it did casue some
inte3resting problems, like having one of the currnet-control lamps glow
all the time.
-tony