mrtweaver
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I have an off topic motor question. I have a capacitor in start and run motor. Actually i have two and both are behaving rather unique. I have tested the capacitor and motors and they seem to be ok no ground faults or shorts that can be megged out.
the diagram is capacitor then start winding, and then you have the run winding. there is no throw out to disengage the start winding.
the issue is the one motor will run clockwise fine but when you rev the start winding to rev the direction it will run for about 3 seconds then quit.
the issue on the second motor is the opposite, it will run fine counter clock wise but will only run for about 3 sec in the clockwise direction.
this is with no load laying on the test bench. the motors behave the same way when installed in the piece of equipment when attached to their load.
it just seems kind of weird that you are using the same cap and same windings but you can only get the motor to function properly in one direction. Any ideas or thoughts on what could be causing this?
the diagram is capacitor then start winding, and then you have the run winding. there is no throw out to disengage the start winding.
the issue is the one motor will run clockwise fine but when you rev the start winding to rev the direction it will run for about 3 seconds then quit.
the issue on the second motor is the opposite, it will run fine counter clock wise but will only run for about 3 sec in the clockwise direction.
this is with no load laying on the test bench. the motors behave the same way when installed in the piece of equipment when attached to their load.
it just seems kind of weird that you are using the same cap and same windings but you can only get the motor to function properly in one direction. Any ideas or thoughts on what could be causing this?