Wiring identification

colinn1 · Mar 1, 2008, 02:25 AM

Here is the matrix
Brown Blue Black Red Orange White
Brown Flash 134.3 21.7 171.5 192.6
Blue Flash 94.9 Flash 58.3 36.6
Black 135.2 94.9 113 37.5 59
Red 21.9 Flash 113 150 171
Orange 172.4 58.5 37.6 150 22.4
White 193.8 36.6 59.1 171.5 22.4

Hope it is OK
Cheers
Colin

colinn1 · Mar 1, 2008, 02:37 AM

Brown Blue Black Red Orange White
Brown Flash 134.3 21.7 171.5 192.6
Blue Flash 94.9 Flash 58.3 36.6
Black 135.2 94.9 113 37.5 59
Red 21.9 Flash 113 150 171
Orange 172.4 58.5 37.6 150 22.4
White 193.8 36.6 59.1 171.5 22.4

Second attempt

Colin

KISS · Mar 1, 2008, 04:06 AM

Colin:

Something is wrong.
White-White must be zero
Red to Red must be zero
Orange to Orange must be zero
Etc.

And it has to be consistant.

What does flash mean? Are you using auto-range?

What happens when you just short the leads of the meter together?

Well, actually zero doesn't exist, but it has to be a small number like <0.6 or so.

Something may be wrong with your leads, the connections or the meter. You can hold the wires to the probes with your fingers. The resistance of the body won't matter.

I loaded the table into Excel.

colinn1 · Mar 1, 2008, 04:52 AM

Didyou get my poor effort of a matrix?

Stratmando · Mar 1, 2008, 05:37 AM

Kiss, I think he was measuring white, red and orange to each of the other wires.
Colin, The reason a color was dropped after each color was because the resistance test has been done already. Once brown was measured for resistance between the others, then when you get to blue, you don't have to measure to brown, it should be the same as
Brown to blue.
What kind of Meter(Analog or digital?) Explain Flash.

Kiss, I would have expected some open readings, unless motor was controlled by taps?

colinn1 · Mar 1, 2008, 10:14 AM

Brown Blue Black Red Orange White
Brown Flash 134.3 21.7 171.5 192.6
Blue Flash 0 94.9 Flash 58.3 36.6
Black 135.2 94.9 0 113 37.5 59
Red 21.9 Flash 113 0 150 171
Orange 172.4 58.5 37.6 150 0 22.4
White 193.8 36.6 59.1 171.5 22.4 0

Using digital meter set at 200ohns

Flash means a figure briefly appears and meter goes back to 1

Touching the probes together reads 01.0

KISS · Mar 1, 2008, 11:03 AM

Let's go with:

White is common
Orange Hi
Blue Medium
Black Low

Capacitor between Red and Brown

Put a light bulb in series with the motor and use the low speed. Try something like 25 watt. If there are any ratings on the nameplate like HP or watts, post that and I might change the light bulb wattage.

colinn1 · Mar 1, 2008, 11:14 AM

How am I wiring the capacitor in? I don't know! Sorry So I am sayng from the mains is what?

KISS · Mar 1, 2008, 02:32 PM

The capacitor has two leads and is non-polorized.
Connect one end to Red and the other lead to Brown.

To make the motor run at low speed:
Cap the orange wire and the blue wire. Meaning they go nowhere.

Connect Hot (Black) to a 25 W lamp and the other end of the lamp to Black (motor) for testing.

Connect Neutral (White) to White (motor)

colinn1 · Mar 3, 2008, 10:14 AM

The only light bulb I can lay my hands on is 100w.
The motor is rated at 200w
In the UK neutral is usually blue?

Colin

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