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Yeah, that's where I was also getting confused- kept seeing the references to "start winding" or "start wires" and didn't realize these were synonymous with the condenser wires. AC of course doesn't care about polarity (otherwise all one would have to do is turn the plug over in the outlet), but as far as the motor is concerned it does care about the polarity of the condenser which is what is being flipped by the switch. Hence why the motor must be allowed to come to a complete stop before reversing- moving through off and into the other direction with it still spinning resupplies power but the motor continues in the direction of current rotation. As luck would have it, he 50/50 shot of direction of rotation matching the way I wired it (FOR being forward not reverse) even came out right the first time.
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