Thanks for the help Matt and Keyteem. I find it interesting that our switches are the same but are actually a mirror image. The wiring and jumpers are the same but on opposite sides.
We bypassed the switch and tried running the motor just loose (not attached to gearbox) and it's drawing a very high current and really not sounding right. It's still blowing the breaker.
It appears we are having a motor issue. The wall socket seems to be putting out just over 200V but I don't think that the drop in voltage would be enough to cause that much of a rise in current. We are running two 15 amp breakers and the motor should not be pulling more than 30 amps from what I know. On start-up it should draw more than the motor is rated but it's taking a while to blow the breaker so it seems as though the start-up current spike isn't at fault.
Any ideas?
James
Last edited by BEDFORD; 04-07-2006 at 01:33 PM.
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