mgookin
Senior Member
- Location
- Fort Myers, FL
- Occupation
- Retired inspector, plans examiner & building official
A shop down the street which does work for us recently bought a used machine. It has a 240V 1p 3hp motor. The reversing switch is bad.
The brand name of the machine is Bridgewood. It's made by the same company in China that makes the machines sold under the Grizzly Industrial and a few other brands. The company which used to import and brand the Bridgewood machines is no longer in business. The guy or his son has a new company. I talked to them yesterday and they won't have anything to do with it.
Trying to source that switch all I find are drum switches. While the drum switch seems more robust than the OEM switch, a problem I see is that installation of the drum switch would be outside the cabinet whereas the existing switch compels the operator to open a door which has a lockout for the motor thereby removing power to the motor before the switch can be switched.
Here's what the old switch looks like:
When I try to source that switch all I find is product in Malaysia or Greece.
I tried sourcing it through Grizzly and no luck.
Alternatively he could use any SPDP switch with proper ratings but it seems safest to maintain the original design (in case he has some employee working there who gets injured; they'll try to blame everything and everyone).
Does anyone know of a US source for such a reversing switch?
The brand name of the machine is Bridgewood. It's made by the same company in China that makes the machines sold under the Grizzly Industrial and a few other brands. The company which used to import and brand the Bridgewood machines is no longer in business. The guy or his son has a new company. I talked to them yesterday and they won't have anything to do with it.
Trying to source that switch all I find are drum switches. While the drum switch seems more robust than the OEM switch, a problem I see is that installation of the drum switch would be outside the cabinet whereas the existing switch compels the operator to open a door which has a lockout for the motor thereby removing power to the motor before the switch can be switched.
Here's what the old switch looks like:
When I try to source that switch all I find is product in Malaysia or Greece.
I tried sourcing it through Grizzly and no luck.
Alternatively he could use any SPDP switch with proper ratings but it seems safest to maintain the original design (in case he has some employee working there who gets injured; they'll try to blame everything and everyone).
Does anyone know of a US source for such a reversing switch?
