Help Wiring a Leeson Motor

MaxHeadRoom78

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• Nov 26, 2023

• #2

Nothing inside the connection box to indicate the various conductor connections?
Must be one or more capacitors involved?

 

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Shagreobe

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• Nov 26, 2023

• #3

From what I can see, switching wires 5 & 8 is to reverse the direction (notice the '*'s). Black should be L1, and white SHOULD be your Neutral wire.

 

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J Brenyo

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• Nov 26, 2023

• #4

Thanks for your replies. There is a starting capacitor which checks out good. I get that switching 5 and 8 reverses the motor direction, but where do they connect to in the first place? Keep in mind that I am not looking to bench test this with a reversing switch....I just have 3 wires coming in: ground, hot and neutral. How do I connect the 5 wires on one side to the 3 wires on the other side to get the motor to run, regardless of direction?

 

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MaxHeadRoom78

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• Nov 26, 2023

• #5

As I see it, You should end up with the four Black-orange as one pair (Run winding) and white-red as the start winding.
The latter should have the cap in series.
therefore each pair would be in parallel and connected to the L & N.

 

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J Brenyo

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #6

Thanks for your reply, however, I flunked out of electrical engineering school a long time ago (for good reasons...). So I'm not familiar with the terminology and the schematics. For us simpletons, can you just tell me 1) what wires do I connect the neutral and hot wires from the source to and 2) what do I connect the two remaining wires from the motor to? That would be VERY helpful!

 

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MaxHeadRoom78

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #7

I am guessing that is a 120v240v motor with the connections shown for 120v?
If you have a meter, confirm what the RH & LH pair resistance reads between each conductor

 

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J Brenyo

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #8

You are correct, it is a 120/240V motor and the wiriing diagram shown is for 120V. Unfortunately I cannot test the resistance as the motor is at my sons house 90 miles away.

 

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MaxHeadRoom78

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #9

J Brenyo said:

Unfortunately I cannot test the resistance as the motor is at my sons house 90 miles away.

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Can he test it??

 

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J Brenyo

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #10

He's into carpentry, not electricity. I don't think he even owns a multi-meter. Lots of clamps, though.

 

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J Brenyo

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• Nov 27, 2023

• #11

I got the answer I was looking for. Thank you for trying to help. I appreciate the effort. Stay safe.

 

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