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    Mike Bishop
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      I have recently aquired a fractional hp single phase motor for my lathe and need to reverse the direction of rotation. What is the correct way? I dont want to cross belts.
       
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        V8Eng
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          Apologies if you’ve already checked this: some manufacturers fixed an instruction slip in the connection box lid.

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          Engine Builder
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            The motor should have 4 wires comming out of the inards and into the terminal block. It will have 2 seperate windings which can be identified with a multimeter. With the meter on the ohms range you will get a reading between the 2 wires comming from each winding . You need to reverse the connections to one winding only.

            Edited By Engine Builder on 21/04/2010 21:47:07

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            Mike Bishop
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              Many thanks Engine Builder, your info was correct and achieved the required result. Regards
              Mike Bishop
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