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Repair or replace pedal in an old pfaff 232 domestic machine
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I have an old pfaff 232 machine. Works very nicely, but the pedal has burned out. Looks like a resistor or capacitor has gotten too hot. Smells horrible. Still works a bit but starts sewing at the lowest speed as soon as I switch the power on. Can this be fixed or easily replaced? The plug can be easily removed from the cord - I am just not sure whether the workings of these pedal are standard or model specific. |
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Repair or replace pedal in an old pfaff 232 domestic machine
I think they are pretty generic (I've got a Pfaff 230) but hopefully Ron
Anderson will be along soon to tell you for sure! Or check his website at www.a1sewingmachine.com . Other options - post this over on alt.sewing (it gets more use than this one) and/or join the oldpfaffpforum on Yahoo for advice and Cindy Peters (a member) mail orders parts - and is very nice to deal with. She has a catalog at http://community.webshots.com/user/stitchesintime -- -:¦:- ·.·´¨ ¨)) ¸.·´ .·´¨¨)) ..·´ Chris ((¸¸.·´ ..·´ -:¦:- ((¸¸ ·.· "Dave" wrote in message ... Hi I have an old pfaff 232 machine. Works very nicely, but the pedal has burned out. Looks like a resistor or capacitor has gotten too hot. Smells horrible. Still works a bit but starts sewing at the lowest speed as soon as I switch the power on. Can this be fixed or easily replaced? The plug can be easily removed from the cord - I am just not sure whether the workings of these pedal are standard or model specific. |
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Repair or replace pedal in an old pfaff 232 domestic machine
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-- Ron Anderson A1 Sewing Machine 18 Dingman Rd Sand Lake, NY 12153 http://www.a1sewingmachine.com "Dave" wrote in message ... Hi I have an old pfaff 232 machine. Works very nicely, but the pedal has burned out. Looks like a resistor or capacitor has gotten too hot. Smells horrible. Still works a bit but starts sewing at the lowest speed as soon as I switch the power on. Can this be fixed or easily replaced? The plug can be easily removed from the cord - I am just not sure whether the workings of these pedal are standard or model specific. |
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Repair or replace pedal in an old pfaff 232 domestic machine
On May 5, 2:53 pm, Dave wrote:
Hi I have an old pfaff 232 machine. Works very nicely, but the pedal has burned out. Looks like a resistor or capacitor has gotten too hot. Smells horrible. Still works a bit but starts sewing at the lowest speed as soon as I switch the power on. Found an answer in the archives of alt.sewing. The burned out component is just a capacitor. It is connected across the contacts to prevent the little sparks when the power is connected. This is just to prevent interference with other electrical items. The problem is that when it burns out it conducts electricity and so the machine starts running. The solution is to just cut the component out! Working fine again. Although I think it would be nice if these components had an earth... |
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