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  • Jan 9, 2010, 04:32 PM
    leatherartisan
    Reversing the direction of a eletric motor
    I have an older industrial sewing machiene table & motor. I need to reverse its direction as it is going the wrong way for my purposes. What wires should I switch ?
  • Jan 9, 2010, 04:44 PM
    Stratmando

    May not be(easily) possible.
    Do the wires have numbers on them?
  • Jan 9, 2010, 04:46 PM
    Fr_Chuck

    What voltage is it running off, real commercial machines normally start at 3 phase, so I doubt you have that motor, so it is most likely one converted for home use.

    Is it a 230 vt or a 115 vt motor.

    But yes, you can reverse the wires on most of the actual sewing matchine motors, most actually have instructions on the motor
  • Jan 9, 2010, 05:24 PM
    leatherartisan
    Yes they do have numbers, after I removed the back cover I finally noticed a plate that told me in real small writing which numbers to reverse :) Got it going the right way now! :D Thanks guys ! :)

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