Repair or replace pedal in an old pfaff 232 domestic machine

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- Dave
  
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15 years ago

Mon, May 5, 2008 12:53 PM

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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- Chris Underwood
  
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15 years ago

Mon, May 5, 2008 5:58 PM

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

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. 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

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15 years ago

Tue, May 6, 2008 1:56 PM

Drop me a line private

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- Dave
  
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15 years ago

Thu, May 15, 2008 8:38 AM

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...