Question about going 110v to 220v with an electric motor

May 04, 2012 7 Replies

I have a 110v motor that I want to use with 220v. I know that there is a process of removing some connections and placing them at others.



There is a nice diagram available but I have no access website where I could show it. If someone could give me the URL of that site, I could deposit it there quickly.



TIA


If the motor is actually dual voltage, there is probably a diagram inside the wiring compartment or on the nameplate. Try googling the model number to see if it is,

Thanks for the quick reply.

I have the wiring diagrams for 110 and 220. My problem is in interpreting some parts of it.

Usually the lugs are numbered and the wires are color coded or numbered. Maybe if some pictures were posted here would help sort it out.

Yes, the wires are color coded but the switch has no numbers. There are

4 connection points on the switch. I have 2 lovely pictures one for 110v and the other for 220v. All I need to do now is to dump those pics somewhere where they can be seen :-)

I'll have to look for Paul. He know all the things I don't.

You can Email them to me, the address is real. I will link them on my web page and we can all look them over.

Here is what I received:

The original message was received at Sat, 5 May 2012 02:13:31 -0700 from host86-179-216-204.range86-179.btcentralplus.com [86.179.216.204]

----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----

----- Transcript of session follows -----

550 5.1.2 ... Host unknown (Name server: mid.individual.net: no data known)

My newsgroup is News.Individual.Net - could that make any difference?

Send the pics to snipped-for-privacy@aol.com

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