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wireing in a 8 wire 115/230v motor

wireing in a 8 wire 115/230v motor

wireing in a 8 wire 115/230v motor

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hi everyone,,i am new here so please bear with me.

first this looks to be a great site,,maybe a little over my head,but a great site just the same.

  my question is,i have a 1 phase 115/230 volt ac motor
that was used in an overhead door application,,i was wanting to use it to run a shop fan,,but have no clue as to how to wire it in,,,it has eith wires comming from the internal part of the motor,i do not see any numbers on them,but they are color coded,,they are black,white,yellow,orange,orange agian,purple,brown,and green,,,can anyone please help me,,it might not be even posible to appply it to my desired application,,thanks

RE: wireing in a 8 wire 115/230v motor

Try the manufacturers website or look at this thread
237-127549.

Jim

RE: wireing in a 8 wire 115/230v motor

For 115 Volts connect:
CCW rotation: L1 to P1
                     L2 to T2,T4&T5
                     Join P2&T3
                     Join T1&T8            
CW rotation : L1 to P1
                    L2 to T2,T4&T8
                    Join P2&T3
                    Join T1&T5
For 230 Volts connect:
CCW rotation: L1to P1
                     L2 to T4&T5
                    Join T2,T3&T8
                     Insulate separately P2, T1
CW rotation: L1to P1
                     L2 to T4&T8
                     Join T2,T3&T5
                     Insulate separately P2,T1
colors code is as follow:
T1=Blue, T2=White, T3=Orange, T4=Yellow
T5=Black, T8 = Red, P1= no color, P2=Brown

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