Wiring older gearmotor

Aug 24, 2007 5 Replies

I bought a gearmotor on Ebay, and it didn't come with an obvious wiring diagram. Since I'm still working my way up to the status of Rookie, I haven't figured out how it goes.



There are two solid black wires and two solid blue wires.



There's a green and yellow wire, which even I know is the ground.



It's a Bodine gearmotor, type NCI-11D5 model 0463.



Volts 115 HZ 60 PH 1 Amp .22 HP 1/90 uF 3.75 Torque 40 lbs/in



For the moment I'll assume it uses a 3.75 uF or better capacitor.



According to Bodine's website, this unit is "Obsolete". According to me, if it works, it's anything but obsolete. This is for Halloween, not the landing gear on a 747. If/when it poops out, it's back to Ebay for another one.



I did see Bodine's recommendation for a replacement, 30R-D series parallel shaft AC gearmotor Model 5463. The wiring diagram does not show the same color wires (Black, 2 Black-Yel TR., Blue, and ground) with the capacitor on the Blue wire. Not too helpful.



Is there some place I haven't thought of to get wiring diagrams for older motors? Is this a standard wiring scheme that any idiot (Almost any idiot) should know about?



Much thanks in advance for help, or creative insults.



CS



I assume you have googled all the numbers six ways from sunday (drop suffixes etc) Sometimes you can stumble into a guy on a newsgroup or message board somewhere who got an answer.

Did you try their technical support? Click on support on their site and send them an E-mail. Most companies are good about giving you the information on older products if they have it.

[8~{} Uncle Monster

Look 1 box to the right of that diagram - see below.

The Bodine site shows a connection diagram:

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***Start quoted material***

Black------+-------- Line Blue-------+

Blue-------+ Black------+-------- Line

Yel/Green----------- Ground

To reverse direction transpose blue leads.

***End quoted material***

That should do it for you.

Ed

I saw that, and it certainly appears to be the same thing, however, I don't see a place for a capacitor. Does this mean I don't need one?

Thanks,

CS

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You don't need a capacitor. Ed

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