Thread Number: 22633
Kitchenaid KDS-58 (18?) electrical fault/schematic |
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Post# 354540 , Reply# 2   6/3/2009 at 22:55 (5,412 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 354547 , Reply# 3   6/3/2009 at 23:31 (5,412 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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I've experienced "live" appliances on a number of occasions. Some made my voltage detector sing over the entire body. This is what I understand to be "potential voltage." It is caused by a power wire gaining exposure to the body. Or by gaining exposure to the neutral wire. I'm a novice here, but from what I've been taught, a neutral is something grounded to itself. So a neutral can potenitally charge the body of an appliance. If a connection is made, a mild shock will occur, if it is properly grounded. A ground being an open conduit to a larger system that can "absorb" the current. If the appliance is not ground, a full throttle shock can occur. The scariest electrical expience I've had was checking the element on a Tappan Fabulous 400. It was on a wall bracket, so unplugging it would have been a chore. And I was too lazy or preoccupied to shut off the breaker. I turned on the oven switch and put my voltage detector to the back of the bake element. It pushed the element enough so that the portion that goes through the back of the oven made contact with the frame. The result I can only describe as an "explosion" that blew a quarter sized hole where contact was made before popping the breaker. Luckily, I was not touching the machine, but my plastic voltage meter was toasted. I have had other less dramatic but weird experiences. Mice like to chew wires (rats can chew through a copper refrigerator line, got pics to prove it.) Now, I always unplug the machine. LOL, TYG. matt
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Post# 354721 , Reply# 7   6/4/2009 at 19:29 (5,411 days old) by everythingold (Grand Rapids, Michigan)   |   | |
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Someone has to have the schematic. Thanks for all the info on electricity, it is useful. Unfortunately, most of the problems a repairman runs into are from a house with 3 layers of wiring rigged in by a do-it-yourselfer. I have run into some strange problems, like an outlet (spurred off a 220 line) that would run an older hotpoint dryer, but not a newer KA. Of course it tested fine, but the wiring in the house was just a mess. But at the end of the day, I am an appliance guy, your household electric is not my problem. matt
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