After 30 years of ownership and two moves, my FP2 stopped in the middle of milling a part. The serial number is 2870 which I cannot find on any list. It looks like a 60's model with a separate power cabinet.
I was finishing up a 2" vertical light skim cut with a 1" mill end when I heard a pop and it went dead. Checked my rotary on my Monarch and it is putting out 220. So I checked the four fuses in the cabinet---all showing 0 resistance. The transformer was warm-but when I applied power to the cabinet I do not feel it buzzing like I believe it should.
Performed a search and found mostly threads about converting to a different motor and driver- not much on how the OEM German box works and what goes wrong in these old boxes. I have a manual-but it mostly covers all of the attachments-no electrical. I downloaded a manual in German but the wiring diagram appears to be covering a different generation FP2.
Anyone here has kept the OEM box and had it shut down power to the mill- and found a solution? I rotated the sprung switch on the side of the box, and cycled all of the switches inside the box.
Do transformers go down with a small pop? If it is the transformer am I on the path to a complete power conversion?
I am in the middle of a job so this did not come at a great time-never does.
Any thoughts or check paths would be great.
I was finishing up a 2" vertical light skim cut with a 1" mill end when I heard a pop and it went dead. Checked my rotary on my Monarch and it is putting out 220. So I checked the four fuses in the cabinet---all showing 0 resistance. The transformer was warm-but when I applied power to the cabinet I do not feel it buzzing like I believe it should.
Performed a search and found mostly threads about converting to a different motor and driver- not much on how the OEM German box works and what goes wrong in these old boxes. I have a manual-but it mostly covers all of the attachments-no electrical. I downloaded a manual in German but the wiring diagram appears to be covering a different generation FP2.
Anyone here has kept the OEM box and had it shut down power to the mill- and found a solution? I rotated the sprung switch on the side of the box, and cycled all of the switches inside the box.
Do transformers go down with a small pop? If it is the transformer am I on the path to a complete power conversion?
I am in the middle of a job so this did not come at a great time-never does.
Any thoughts or check paths would be great.