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I've been playing with the electrical system that came off this Hendey.
The motor is an old Wagner 220v, 3 phase, 2 speed, 2hp...
The main power cutoff...
The small box attached to the top is a switch that is connected to a 110v outlet piggybacked off the main switch. I went ahead and removed it to keep everything a little more simple.
The motor control...
The drum switch at the top controls the direction the motor turns. The bottom switch is the high/ low speed control. The start/ stop buttons are in the middle.
I went ahead and connected it to my 3 phase system with a quick, temporary, hack wiring job just to determine whether everything worked properly... turned it on, and... it didn't work. Nothing worked, the RPC would just buzz loudly when I pressed the start button. I got out the multi-tester.
I quickly determined that I had no power getting through the main cutoff on one leg. It didn't take long to realize the handle on that switch was hitting the conduit at the top before it fully engaged the lugs on the switch...
That should be an easy fix. I fully engaged the lugs and everything worked as it should.
This motor runs extremely smooth and silent... I was surprised, given the crusty condition of the outside...
The entire system is very crusty, and all of the wiring is in bad condition. It will all have to be rewired. I'm probably going to replace the main cutoff, and maybe some of the other components, depending on how they look when I get into them.
First thing is to try and draw up an understandable schematic that I can follow to put it all back together later.
-Bear
The motor is an old Wagner 220v, 3 phase, 2 speed, 2hp...
The main power cutoff...
The small box attached to the top is a switch that is connected to a 110v outlet piggybacked off the main switch. I went ahead and removed it to keep everything a little more simple.
The motor control...
The drum switch at the top controls the direction the motor turns. The bottom switch is the high/ low speed control. The start/ stop buttons are in the middle.
I went ahead and connected it to my 3 phase system with a quick, temporary, hack wiring job just to determine whether everything worked properly... turned it on, and... it didn't work. Nothing worked, the RPC would just buzz loudly when I pressed the start button. I got out the multi-tester.
I quickly determined that I had no power getting through the main cutoff on one leg. It didn't take long to realize the handle on that switch was hitting the conduit at the top before it fully engaged the lugs on the switch...
That should be an easy fix. I fully engaged the lugs and everything worked as it should.
This motor runs extremely smooth and silent... I was surprised, given the crusty condition of the outside...
The entire system is very crusty, and all of the wiring is in bad condition. It will all have to be rewired. I'm probably going to replace the main cutoff, and maybe some of the other components, depending on how they look when I get into them.
First thing is to try and draw up an understandable schematic that I can follow to put it all back together later.
-Bear