Why? I haven’t seen looped connection on a contactor used in a single phase machine in possibly 25 years even your pictures don’t have a loop and that is a three pole contactor being used on a single phase supply.
If the part has been vacuum bagged the inside will have the pattern of the peel ply that was used in that process and the carbonfibre should be fully wetted out during that process. Surely adding paint or some covering will increase the weight of the recumbent
@Brad93 why are you not switching the neutral, even the original disconnected the neutral.
@KettchUK with the mains incoming connected at 1 and 5 and the original red wiring connected as supplied there is no real reason why the contactor shouldn’t energise. The output side doesn’t need to be...
Yes pressing the green button should press the normally open switch on the side that you have circled in blue, when that’s pressed it should energise the coil in the contactor that then pulls the contacts down. When it’s energised the contacts 13 and 14 are in parallel with the start button and...
The maximum flow rate is measured when it is not compressing the air or the outlet from the pump is venting to atmosphere, so the theoretical maximum the pump can deliver. All compressors seem to be rated this way, when in use the output volume will be considerably less than that, maybe 75% or...
As you have moved the control wires about the red wire that is connected at terminal 96 in your above picture should be connected at terminal 5 with the live incoming mains cable(brown). The red cables at terminal 13 should connect to the coil terminal possibly A2 as I cant see the coil terminal...
Is one of the red wires that's connected at terminal 13 connected to terminal 5? Is the red wire that's connected to terminal 1 connected to a coil connection possible A1?
Not sure about the time but the motor will be air cooled it should have a fan mounted on it usually at the rear behind a cowling that pushes air past the motor to cool it. If it’s high pressure air than more likely to be a leak on a fitting. Spray the fittings with soapy water to check
The only seal in these pumps is the gland seal on the drive shaft, a common failure on the fuel pumps I see is the pressure regulating valve jams in the housing and then there is no output. Remove the two larger fittings, the one with the pressure adjusting screw and the one on the opposite side...
If it has a balanced flue check there isn’t an issue with that mine was doing the same thing some years ago. A small plate had dropped off and allowed it to draw the exhaust fumes back in. The lack of oxygen stopped it burning, it would then relight and repeat the process.