Re: Wash machine motor

Sep 06, 2004 0 Replies


When pensioning my old wash machine I took care of the motor, a Siemens 220V


> AC 18V5565-2BF 650/1300 turns/minute, and also of the startcapacitor 16uF.
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> When demounting the motor I did it the easy way, cutting the cable to the
> motor. My problem now is how to connect to capacitor and to switch for
> changing the turns of 650/1300.
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> The cable to the motor contains of five wires 1 blue and 4 black. A separate
> grounding wire is also there.
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> I have measured the Ohmvalues between the separate branches as you can se in
> the attached file.
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> Can you with guidance of the measuring give me a hint how to connect
> capasitor and switch and I wold be very grateful.
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Lots of luck, Obviously you should have labeled things and traced them out befoe cutting the wires. Fortunately washing machine motors aren't good for much besides running washing machines.

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