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Won't start!

Well it's been about a week now that I wet my electric forklift with a hose pipe And it won't start. I thought I was doing a good thing spraying the forklift down to clean it but I actually wet something I wasn't supposed to.i did more bad then good.it keeps giving me (P-Motor I offset and Contactor Fault).does anyone know where the contactor is and how I can get this forklift moving again?
  • Posted 23 Jul 2020 23:06
  • By John_Schoell
  • joined 23 Jul'20 - 2 messages
  • Louisiana, United States
Jayp
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I will try it out and post on here after.thanks a lot for your help bro
  • Posted 30 Jul 2020 23:17
  • By John_Schoell
  • joined 23 Jul'20 - 2 messages
  • Louisiana, United States
Jayp
Hi John, Contactor is in the back next to the inverters and logic. If you follow the wires from the emergency stop they go to it. Worth taking big connections off and removing top of contactor to clean as they do have a habit of sticking for no apparent reason. Pump motor current offset is slightly more worrying though but may be water ingress in logic or pump inverter. Point a little fan heater at back panel for a few hours and cross your fingers! :-)
  • Posted 30 Jul 2020 17:14
  • By simon_k
  • joined 31 Oct'04 - 147 messages
  • Devon, United Kingdom

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