Re: ATM Wiring (DPDT Reversing Switch)

["Barlow Pepin" <atmjedit@conceptsnet.com>]

Yep.. the switch needs to be of the "momentary on" type, not a simple
toggle.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charles O'Donnell" <kozmickid@mindspring.com>
To: <atm@shore.net>
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: ATM Wiring (DPDT Reversing Switch)


>
> Better get one with a center-off position, in case you don't want the
motor
> to run at all!
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: B. Pepin <atmjedit@conceptsnet.com>
> To: Paul&Kim Weiler <kwpw@earthlink.net>; <atm@shore.net>
> Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 5:46 PM
> Subject: Re: ATM Wiring (DPDT Reversing Switch)
>
>
> >
> > Hi Paul and Kim,
> >
> > Here is the simplest fix I know of to reverse DC polarity -- One DPDT
> > Switch.
> >
> > You can use a Double-Pole, Double-Throw lever switch, the kind that has
> six
> > metal contacts on the bottom with holes through them for wires (DPDT
> switch
> > from Radio Shack for instance, costs about $4 or so). It should be large
> > enough -- maybe an inch or more long, so the switch lever is easy to
> > manipulate. There should be a nut at the base of the lever to secure the
> > switch through existing or drilled (1/4 or so) hole in your hand-paddle
> box.
> >
> > Solder a short piece of (insulated) solid copper small-gauge wire from
the
> > top-left corner contact to the bottom-right corner, and the same from
top
> > right to bottom left, being careful not to touch any of the other
contacts
> > with solder. This "crosses" the contacts.
> >
> > Then run your wires to the motor from the center pair of contacts, one
> wire
> > from each contact to each side of the motor. The power source goes to
> either
> > the top two or bottom two contacts. When you flip the switch one way the
> > motor will run clockwise, flip the other way and it will run
> > counterclockwise.
> >
> > You can use two single-pole switches, but the exact wiring is harder to
> > describe, and requires two mounting holes and more space.
> >
> > Barlow
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Paul&Kim Weiler <kwpw@earthlink.net>
> > To: <atm@shore.net>
> > Sent: Monday, September 04, 2000 12:44 AM
> > Subject: ATM Wiring
> >
> >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >  I really hope someone can help me out here.  I am trying to make a
hand
> > > controller for a declination motor I recieved. I can't  get the motor
to
> > > spin both ways . I came make it go one way or the other but I have to
> > > switch the leads around. I have tried every combo of switches and
diodes
> > > I can think of and nothing seems to work. I must be over looking
> > > something but I'm out of ideas.
> > > Any Thoughts????
> > > Thanks Paul
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>