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I'm trying to get my dc motor and controller wired up so I can put it on my lathe(decided not to put it on my mill) instead of the ac its running. I wired the controller to the motor and it ran, reversed and forwarded, potentiometer functioned but there was a low humming/buzzing sound and something was smoking a little(pretty sure the magic smoke didn't all get out). Shut it off, checked to see if I wired it the same as it was when I first got the motor and it was, however, I usually take pics of wiring(and almost everything else) as I take things apart but this time I made a small diagram and took a picture of that(don't remember why) so maybe I drew it incorrectly. I also discovered that the motor was getting current even when switched to the off position(yikes!! motor smoked a little in the off position, disconnected as soon as I saw it).
The pics should help explain what I did and perhaps get some input from some of you more knowledgeable than I(which shouldn’t be hard).
the motor and controller, the motor has two brown wires(labled A1 A2) and two black(F1 F2), what do the A and F mean?
The controller has a red, brown, white, black and ground connecting to the motor: the diagram/note I made, I'm hoping I mislabeled and that I've reversed connections on two of the wires and its a simple fix, thought I should ask here rather than risk screwing up the motor
Point of reference: you're looking at the red, brown, black and white wires as they enter the controller from the motor.
wiring inside controller, the black and white terminations, the black connects to ac "block" -, the white to whatever that thing is
brown and red both terminate at the on/off, forward and reverse switch which are out of focus but that’s where they connect, there're in focus coming into the controller but not as they go towards the switch
thanks in advance for any help conning my way, Brian
PS really looking forward to having this motor on my lathe!
The pics should help explain what I did and perhaps get some input from some of you more knowledgeable than I(which shouldn’t be hard).
the motor and controller, the motor has two brown wires(labled A1 A2) and two black(F1 F2), what do the A and F mean?
The controller has a red, brown, white, black and ground connecting to the motor: the diagram/note I made, I'm hoping I mislabeled and that I've reversed connections on two of the wires and its a simple fix, thought I should ask here rather than risk screwing up the motor
Point of reference: you're looking at the red, brown, black and white wires as they enter the controller from the motor.
wiring inside controller, the black and white terminations, the black connects to ac "block" -, the white to whatever that thing is
brown and red both terminate at the on/off, forward and reverse switch which are out of focus but that’s where they connect, there're in focus coming into the controller but not as they go towards the switch
thanks in advance for any help conning my way, Brian
PS really looking forward to having this motor on my lathe!
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