One of the motors on my 3 phase universal woodworking machine died a few months ago - bit of a bang, lights went out, ran for a while, but with loss of power before throwing the electrics again.
After discovering that a motor rewind would cost roughly the same as a new motor I decided to check ebay. Luckily I found an exact same motor which the seller had removed from a similar machine and replaced it with a 240v one to convert his machine to run on a domestic supply.
The motor plates are identical on both motors.
I'm not really that knowledgable as far as 3 phase motors go, but the original motor, and all the other motors in my workshop are connected like this:
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However the replacement ebay motor has been connected like this:
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Is this how 415v motors are wired to run on 240v?
Can I just rewire the connections to match the original motor?
What would happen if I just connected it as it is?
Many thanks in advance
After discovering that a motor rewind would cost roughly the same as a new motor I decided to check ebay. Luckily I found an exact same motor which the seller had removed from a similar machine and replaced it with a 240v one to convert his machine to run on a domestic supply.
The motor plates are identical on both motors.
I'm not really that knowledgable as far as 3 phase motors go, but the original motor, and all the other motors in my workshop are connected like this:
View media item 55755
However the replacement ebay motor has been connected like this:
View media item 55756
Is this how 415v motors are wired to run on 240v?
Can I just rewire the connections to match the original motor?
What would happen if I just connected it as it is?
Many thanks in advance