Hello all,
I just picked up a ~20 year old Bodine Fractional Horsepower Gearmotor Type NCI 12R (No. D03950106) that was used on a vibraphone. The motor and the instrument have both been and I want to try and restore the control panel for the on/off and speed of the fans as well as the motor mount.
So, there are 5 wires coming out of the motor: yellow, yellow, red, blue, and black. Upon opening the housing I found that the red and blue wires were each connected to a yellow wire (and each pair measured 0Ω on a multimeter), so now I'm left with Red/Yellow1, Blue/Yellow2, and Black.
Resistances are as follows:
black - red: 90.1Ω
red - blue: 156Ω
black - blue: 246.3Ω
Looks like I'll be needing a capacitor to get this thing started? I don't think I saw any centrifugal clutch though, why else would it say CAP? I've tried wiring the three wire sets in every possible way to wall power, nothing's working. What am I missing? I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to anything but simple motor circuits. :S
Here's the ID plate:
Bodine Electric Company
Chicago ILL U S A
FRACTIONAL HORSEPOWER GEARMOTOR
TYPE: NCI 12R
NO: D03950106
VOLTS: 115 PH: 1
AMP: 28 HZ: 60
HP: 1/140
RPM: 1600
CAP: 2.5 MFD
DUTY: CONT
INS: A1
TORQ:
RPM: 160
RATIO: 10:1 C
Thanks to all who could help out!