OK, here is the long awaited data plate picture. I'm posting this for invisabledog
Ok, i'ts really 2 phase, then. I was wrong about GE never having made any.
I've made arrangements to go pick up the original switch/control box they used to run the motor. Going to get it this comming Saturday. Hopefully this will answer some questions or possibly create new ones. :thinking:
Picked up the switch today. According to the label inside the cover, it's a magnetic starter. The yellow, red and black wires on the left run to another box with an on/off switch. Input connections which are cut are labled L1, L2 and L3. The guy claims it was running in his shop, but he didn't wire it.