{"id":392,"date":"2021-03-26T22:11:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T03:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2021-04-05T15:59:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T20:59:55","slug":"a-little-more-electrical-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"A Little More Electrical Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So the main electrical power connection for the rope machine were mounted to a piece of sheet metal under the control panel. There wasn&#8217;t any effort made to prevent electrical shock or short circuit such as a proper electrical enclosure. So I purchased an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; x 4&#8243; electrical junction box to put the 220v breaker and relay inside of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/41eF1PQdWL._AC_SY1000_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/41eF1PQdWL._AC_SY1000_.jpg 493w, https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/41eF1PQdWL._AC_SY1000_-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/41eF1PQdWL._AC_SY1000_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 85vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I modified the box and added a stand-off so the breaker switch could be flipped without taking the cover off. Since I had to disconnect the wires so I could route them into to box I decided to use properly color coded wire and run the ground wires to the .other controller. The factory just used red wire for everything and didn&#8217;t provide for a ground wire&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some before and after photos.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"gt3pg_gallery1\" class=\"gt3pg_galleryid-392 gt3pg_gallery-columns-3 gt3pg_photo_gallery gt3pg-corner-type-standard gt3pg_hover-default gt3pg-type-masonry\" data-size=\"thumbnail\" data-type=\"masonry\" data-corner=\"standard\" data-link=\"lightbox\" data-margin=\"11\" data-instance=\"1\"><figure class=\"gt3pg_gallery-item gt3pg_element\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item_main_wrapper\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120523-768x1365.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg_swipebox \" data-description=\"\"><div class=\"gt3pg_img_wrap \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120523-768x1365.jpg);\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"2560\" data-i=\"1\" >\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120523-768x1365.jpg\" title=\"Before Connector 001\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gt3pg_gallery-item gt3pg_element\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item_main_wrapper\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120547-768x1365.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg_swipebox \" data-description=\"\"><div class=\"gt3pg_img_wrap \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120547-768x1365.jpg);\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"2560\" data-i=\"2\" >\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210324_120547-768x1365.jpg\" title=\"Before Connector 002\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gt3pg_gallery-item gt3pg_element\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item_main_wrapper\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194527-768x1365.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg_swipebox \" data-description=\"\"><div class=\"gt3pg_img_wrap \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194527-768x1365.jpg);\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"2560\" data-i=\"3\" >\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194527-768x1365.jpg\" title=\"After Electrical Connections 001\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"gt3pg_gallery-item gt3pg_element\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item_main_wrapper\"><div class=\"gt3pg_item-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194725-768x1365.jpg\" class=\"gt3pg_swipebox \" data-description=\"\"><div class=\"gt3pg_img_wrap \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194725-768x1365.jpg);\" data-width=\"1440\" data-height=\"2560\" data-i=\"4\" >\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/20210326_194725-768x1365.jpg\" title=\"After Electrical Connections 002\" alt=\"\" \/>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n <style type='text\/css'>\r\n\t\t\t#gt3pg_gallery1 .gt3pg_item_main_wrapper {\r\n\t\t\t\tpadding: 5.5px\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll probably paint a rectangle on the cover around the breaker with labels for on and off. This box looks a lot cleaner and I can reach down to flip the breaker on and off without worrying that I&#8217;ll be electrocuted if I accidentally touch one or more of the power connections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So the main electrical power connection for the rope machine were mounted to a piece of sheet metal under the control panel. There wasn&#8217;t any effort made to prevent electrical shock or short circuit such as a proper electrical enclosure. So I purchased an 8&#8243; x 8&#8243; x 4&#8243; electrical junction box to put the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/?p=392\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;A Little More Electrical Work&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=392"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":399,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/392\/revisions\/399"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/startup.twistedjute.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}