well i am officially a plum :lol: did all my testing before the lathe was wired up so the readings were a bit inaccurate to say the least. tested the regulator again and it was dead, so went and got another, exact same spec https://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j201/bob_3103/regulator.jpg BUT it nearly...

well i started a thread on another forum about this and just noticed a project section here so thought some people may be interested :) first off i bought the lathe on ebay, and it was 250 miles away. you hear all the horror stories about buying unseen machines, this is turning into one of them :lol...

black bit does look a bit suspect, its the plastic insulating washer. thought it was just muck, this lathe has been messed about with quite a bit! someones been in there before me but with obviously no luck will give it a good going over tomorrow, but that does look a bit like a burnt out regulator ...

you sir are a legend :D not a master of electronics by any means! i did an HNC about 8 years ago and failed on writen communication which was a core unit :evil: fail electronics for sentence construction. (never of guesed with my spelling :P ) anyway, after a quick looka at your very handy schematic...

i have the electrical version, think its an early one going by your pictures here is mine https://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j201/bob_3103/tacho1.jpg https://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j201/bob_3103/tacho2.jpg and yes i have checked the fuse :P yes i am getting an output from the regulator, one thin...

first off hi, signed up a little while ago when i got my 280 vs but all the help i needed was right here so didnt need to ask! but now i do, the tachometer is totaly kaput, seems to be getting power but nothing at all lighting up. if there is a handy schematic available for the 280vs that would be v...