Transformer for cement mixer - help needed please

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I've just managed to acquire a cement mixer but need a transformer for it and have to say I have no idea what I'm looking for.

This is the connector it has on the body of the motor
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The cement mixer is an old and very used Ibral 140

If anyone can point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful! (ideally I want to spend as little as possible... Or free...lol)
 
Wow, I fall asleep and when I come back there's masses of info for me to look at :)

I had a look this morning, there is only one plate on the machine and that merely tells me who makes it, what model it is and a serial number (which is partially rubbed off as it was caked in cement which I had to rub off taking some of the info with it...lol)

From what you're all saying I can plug it into the mains and don't need a transformer (hoorah) Maccapacca, am I right in thinking I could just get one of those sockets and wire it up to a normal 13amp plug and away I go?
 
Millwall.FC said:
Just remember schuko's are non polarity so if you use the above you need to make sure polarity it correct or your motor won't like it schuko's come with an earth pin when polarity needs to be correct that's why your male schuko on the mixer has a socket for an earth pin so you can't swap the plug arround
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That wasn't there when I started typing...lol

How would I know what polarity to use?

Does the thingy Maccappacca linked to have an earth pin? (it sort of looks like it has but I wasn't sure ?)
 
right... now you've confused my power little brain....

The thingy Macca has linked to (schuko socket), by the looks of things seems to have two sockets for the pins on my mixer to slot into, and no third earth pin or socket.

SO in terms that a child could understand...

how would I wore it coming from a bog standard 13am plug?

What type of wire would I use?

I probably sound incredibly stupid but I just want to be certain what I need to do because it's all a bit foreign to me! (rather like the mixer...lol) :)
 
It's not that I'm not minded towards such things, and if I knew which wire to go to which pin I'd be perfectly happy doing it myself, I've just never used one of these schuko connectors and finding info about them online is not really proving hugely helpful.
 
Had a chance over the weekend to open up the motor housing and have a look to see what's inside.

After a lot of research on Friday, it seems the connector on the mixer is a French connector, differing from a schuko in that the French connector has an earth pin.

Looking inside there are three wires as you can see below:

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I also found the details of the motor:

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By the looks of things it should be fine for running off the mains with a 13amp plug.

My only question is concerning the colour of the wires, the earth is obvious, the blue would be the neutral. but why is the live black???
 
That's what I was hoping, should be a simple job wire in a new power cable with a plug.

Being only 3A I should be fine with pretty much any power cable shouldn't I?
 
Having finally had a chance to open up the mixer better, I have discovered that there is a dead capacitor inside:

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Obviously I need to replace this but I'm not 100% certain about what I'm looking for, would this be suitable?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/First4spare...itor-Microfarad/dp/B00I5JNG4U/ref=pd_cp_diy_0

The capacitor that's currently in the mixer only has two spade connectors, the one I've linked has 4 but mentions its a universal one for lots of different uses, so I'm guessing that won't be a problem?
 
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