Recent content by adamrduley

This morning I connected the motor to my speed reducer and mill. Everything seems to be working. Going to try to find some time delayed fuses at the hardware store here and test it with some grain tonight

Woohoo, the switch fully works now! Thank you David so much for your excellent explanations, I was lost without your help. I really do appreciate your time. If you're ever visiting the south of France let me know, i owe you a few beers! Thanks, Adam

That's correct, I'm currently living in France (even though my hometown is Austin, TX as my profile says) so i do have a 240v hot & neutral, whereas if i was back in the states i'd have the differential across the two out of phase hots.

Great! Going back to the basics was a good idea as was able to get it spin in both the counter-clockwise (Black(J10)=MA, Red(T8)=M5) and clockwise (Black(J10)=M5, Red(T8)=MA). However, i had to bypass the thermal protector. When i connect my hot 240v line to M1 nothing happened in either...

Here is what i plan to try tonight. This should match the original schematic.

Since the motor worked in the forward direction with my original configuration i have not tested without the switch. With that said, i've never seen it turn in the opposite direction. I like your idea of simplifying things by removing the switch to make sure the basic functionality can be...

And I have it setup as you originally intended: neutral to M2, nothing to S6

Ahh, makes sense about the voltage divider, and want 110v potential across the starter coil. The MC-MF connection was just me trying to duplicate the schematic (that is not a connection I made). So yes, makes sense about it being a switch. So, i tried out the motor with this setup and...

Hello, So I drew up your final recommended solution. Looks like you are using S1->S2 connection to make the motor coils always be in series and T4 connects to MA and then to S5 to neutral. That all makes sense to me. I'm curious as to why S4/S3 get connected midway in-between the main motor...

Thank you for the quick response! The grain mill connects to my control panel box that I built (followed plans from theelecticbrewery.com) which has an external switch that will control all power to the grain mill. Will try out your suggestions tomorrow morning when I get back home Thanks...

Hello, I am having a very difficult time correctly wiring my grain mill motor to correctly reverse directions and would appreciate some help. Here are the details: Input Voltage = 240v (I live in Europe) Motor = Marathon 5KCR48UN0102Y...

I'm confused with how to wire my switch (Dayton 2X440A, wiring diagram in picture attachment #5) & motor (Marathon 5KCR48UN0102Y) and could use some help. From the input power cord (Black=Hot 240v, White=Neutral, Green=Ground) I have the black connected to switch pin 2, white connected to pin...