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    Sep 7, 2012, 03:21 AM
    Dayton drum switch to 6 lead motor wiring
    Hi,
    I need some help hooking up a drum switch to reversible 110v dayton mod 5K340L cap start ,1/2 hp motor. I have six leads T1 T3 T8 T2 T4 T5.
    The switch is a Dayton 2X441 clone. Wiring diag on motoe is a bit hard to make out and I don't want to smoke anything.
    Thanks!!
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    Sep 7, 2012, 06:31 AM
    Dayton 5K459B, which is a 115/230 motor, cap start.
    Logic says wire colors should be the same or similar.

    Terminal 1 -- line
    Terminal 2 -- orange and red
    Terminal 3 -- Blue and brown
    Terminal 4 -- yellow and white

    To reverse rotation
    Switch blue with white and yellow with orange.
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    Sep 7, 2012, 06:32 AM
    Connect the 1&3 together, and connect the 2&4 together.
    Now you have 4 connections to connect to the switch. The 5 & 8 are for reversing.
    If you provide a diagram of the switch, I could tell you what goes where.
    To rotate one direction, connect the hot to 1, 3, and 5. And connect the Neutral to the 2, 4, and 8.
    To reverse direction, the switch needs to provide a hot to 1, 3, and 8. and the Neutral to 2, 4, and 5,
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    Sep 7, 2012, 07:55 AM
    Hey Stratmando,

    Thanks for the info. I have a diagram of the switch for you, attached with diagram for motor wiring off the name plate
    Thanks
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    Sep 7, 2012, 03:48 PM
    This diagram conflicts with yours:
    Google Image Result for http://www.electricmotorwarehouse.com/IMAGES/RS1_diagram.jpg

    The Neutral does not need to go to or through the switch, and can connect to t1 and t3
    Both diagrams show a connection on switch terminals 5 and 6 in both directions, so Line(hot)connects to switch terminal 5, and switch terminal 6 connects to motor wires t2 and t4.
    Been a while since I used those switches(Salt air).

    If you have Hot and neutral in the right spot on the switch, then switch(with motor NOT attached, and as you switch from forward to reverse, you will see 2 terminals that switch to a hot or to a neutral, this is where the t5 and t 8 connect, when 1 is hot the other is neutral and vice versa.
    To see if it is hot connect 1 to known good neutral and hot, to verify a neutral, measure between a hot and what should be neutral.
    Good Luck.

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