Posted by neanderthal on April 24, 2007, 2:42 am
>>> Ok, there's 3 wires from a 220V line; two 'hot' and a 'ground'. Which
>>> wire do I connect to where? One problem is I don't even know if the
>>> thing works so I won't know if I have it connected correctly or not if it
>>> doesn't work.
>> Here in my country, we've got 3 wires from the 220v ac (now 230v), being
>> - the hot 220v wire
>> - the 220v neutral
>> - the ground/earth
>>
>> If it's the same in your country, I would connect the earth/ground
>> (yellow-green) to the metal case (there should already be a non'insulated
>> connection present on the motor).
>> And I'd use the other two as 220v inputs as stated above (one to the
>> orange wire, the other to one speed input, passing through the light bulb
>> to avoid problems if the motor is short-circuited or if it happens to be
>> the wrong wiring...)
> Doesn't work that way here. You have two 110V legs coming into the breaker
> box to get 220V you connect one wire to each and the ground/neutral to the
> ground at the box.
And how do you do to connect a 110V appliance, without a fourth wire
(which obviously can't be the ground connector)?
Posted by Jeff on April 25, 2007, 11:38 am
no spam wrote:
> First of all thanks for all the help everyone has offered so far.
>
> After way too much time I FINALLY managed to get the blower out of the unit
> AND the motor into a position I can read the tag. The info I got off is
> that it is an A.O. Smith md# F48G44A48, listed as 3.1 amps, 4 speed. It
> also has a connection diagram that looks sort'a like this:
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>
>
> Brown----------------
> |
> |
> 0 SEP CAP Forget this, this is the motor start winding
> |
> |
> Orange----------------------- Here is oneside of the line
> |
> |
> | line
> HI |
> MH |
> ML --------| And here is the other, that goes to taps
for the
> Lo | for the speed
>
>
> There's more info on the tag but to get at it is going to require a lot more
> break down of the unit.
Well, break it down and stop wasting our time!
Add a few drops of oil to the bearing 20W or 30W. There's little other
reason why this wouldn't work if it didn't smell burnt.
Jeff
I can do it if needed but I would much rather know
> if the blower works before I spend any more time on it.
>
> Again thanks for the help.
>
>
>
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>>> wire do I connect to where? One problem is I don't even know if the
>>> thing works so I won't know if I have it connected correctly or not if it
>>> doesn't work.
>> Here in my country, we've got 3 wires from the 220v ac (now 230v), being
>> - the hot 220v wire
>> - the 220v neutral
>> - the ground/earth
>>
>> If it's the same in your country, I would connect the earth/ground
>> (yellow-green) to the metal case (there should already be a non'insulated
>> connection present on the motor).
>> And I'd use the other two as 220v inputs as stated above (one to the
>> orange wire, the other to one speed input, passing through the light bulb
>> to avoid problems if the motor is short-circuited or if it happens to be
>> the wrong wiring...)
> Doesn't work that way here. You have two 110V legs coming into the breaker
> box to get 220V you connect one wire to each and the ground/neutral to the
> ground at the box.