Lathe Reverse

[Clive S]

Have you seen this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...ature=emb_logo

I take it, it is a single phase motor with a capacitor

When your motor runs up to speed do you here a click and another when it slows down.

[blackburn mark]

Hi Clive
Its single phase according to the plate and it has a single capacitor
I hear no click on the run-up or run-down

Its an old Clarke motor that yields very little when run through google :(

[Clive S]

Hi Clive
Its single phase according to the plate and it has a single capacitor
I hear no click on the run-up or run-down

Its an old Clarke motor that yields very little when run through google :(

Do you know how it was wired originally. Watch the vid till the end

[blackburn mark]

Do you know how it was wired originally. Watch the vid till the end

In its original wiring, it runs counter-clockwise as I face the shaft.... I can get it to run clockwise by rotating the bus bars through 90 degrees BUT I have to also move the Cap from pin2 to pin4 which seems odd and I don't have enough pins in the tumbler switch I have in order to implement that.
I was hoping an expert would reveal how dumb I was and say something like "you reverse it by moving the cap only"



I did, I don't know much about AC motor schemes but that motor looked (and sounded) like a different beast to mine.

[driftspin]

Do you know how it was wired originally. Watch the vid till the end

That is my question now too.

I would expect all motor wires on 1 side actually... may my bad.

Do we agree on the schematic?

Grtz Bert.

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[blackburn mark]

I would expect all motor wires on 1 side actually... may my bad.

I would too but I'm assuming its been dropped onto that pin for lazy convenience // the fact that it uses bus bars tells me all those pins are isolated so one is as good as another :)