Re: Fixing tornsion ride solenoid timer

Posted by HH56 On 2014/9/29 10:55:54

If you have the original 55 box with the exposed screw terminals then conceivably some corrosion on the center terminal could be causing a voltage drop that would slow down the heating of the bimetal strips. If you have the 56 style box with enclosed terminals I think that would be less likely.

On both type boxes it is possible some oxidation has occurred somewhere else in the light green voltage feed wire or on the movable contacts inside the box. Any of those could be checked or addressed without too much difficulty and might give better results but I wouldn't want to bet money on an improvement.

It is hard to conceive what could have happened internally to slow things down but as far as adjustments, don't believe there is anything you can do on an original box other than possibly bending a contact or one of the movable contact limit stops so the bimetal strip didn't have to move as far. That would take some experimentation or even ruin the box if whatever was bent broke off. Not something I would recommend messing with unless it gets to the point you are thinking of replacing the box anyway.