yes all 3 wire come up from the motor.No despair - if it is a 3 phase motor, you can use a converter, and for a 1/2 hp motor, it wouldn't be very large or expensive, and there is tons of info here regarding such items. However, you can pick up a static unit for $50.00 here:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Digital-Sm...2-3-HP-American-Rotary-DS-1-2-3-/371405692360
But first confirm it is a 3 phase motor. Are there three leads coming out of the motor housing?
yes all 3 wire come up from the motor.
Hello mark. I do have one but my family and I had made plans to go up north for the weekend. I’ll be home sometime Sunday evening. I can take any instructions you give and can do them Sunday or Monday. Thank you! I’m stuck on what i need to do.OK first thing to clarify here: your green is not ground, here it is being used as a power carrying conductor (and it's bad practice to do so)
but the wiring at the drum switch looks like a 3 phase connection at first glance but it doesn't look correct- the green would be shorted to the black in one of the switch positions which would trip the breaker. So it must be an odd single phase motor- you got a multimeter handy?
Mark
A quick question that is likely irrelevant - how do you know the motor is 1/2 hp...I did not see that on the name plate?This is a 1/2hp motor. I though that a 3 phase has a min.. of 4 wires no? and can I do a test with only 220v on a 3 phase don't I need a converter?
Ok I'm back in town today, I'm just going by what I think the motor tag says..A quick question that is likely irrelevant - how do you know the motor is 1/2 hp...I did not see that on the name plate?