Wash machine motor wiring

[Grinderman]

I didn’t take anything out of the machine except the motor and capacitor. There was just the harness plug on top of the terminal block

 

[sdelivery]

I didn’t take anything out of the machine except the motor and capacitor. There was just the harness plug on top of the terminal block

I am sorry I didn't see that is the switch, it has a small lever on the back. It is great to have that peice of the harness though.
That is a strong motor, what are you building?

 

[Grinderman]

I would like to build a slow speed grinder (1725) rpm with some white wheels I have]

 

[Grinderman]

Or maybe this: Probably better
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Thanks for taking the time to do this. Unfortunately when it comes to schematics, I’m really bad. I need a drawing a 5yr old could understand.

 

[markba633csi]

That's why I was asking about the centrifugal switch- I'm not totally clear either LOL
I also don't see the W wire in your pictures- maybe it's down in the motor somewhere? ?? Beats me

 

[sdelivery]

I think the start switch is also the centrifugal switch...it has a lever on the back of the switch,,,,I had one around here but think I may have pitched it already.

 

[Grinderman]

I’m not sure what you mean about the switch. It is inside the motor. When the motor starts it clicks, when it shuts down it clicks again. The white wire attaches to a little black module and then goes down inside the windings (Thermal?)There is a spade terminal coming out of that same module as seen in the pic. If I take my power cord and hook the neutral up to that spade terminal on the thermal module and the hot to the blue wire, the motor will run if I spin it by hand. How do I get the starting circuit into the mix?

 

[markba633csi]

Ok then you are nearly there- the blue (hot) wire needs to go to one of the capacitor red wires, and the other capacitor red wire
goes to the centrifugal switch- not sure what color- wherever it was connected originally
Then there should be a black? centrif. switch wire to the start winding- might be internal-
The yellow start winding wire should go to the white with black stripe- as in sketch

If you can locate the centrifugal switch connections you're there

 

[Grinderman]

not sure if this helps at all, but inside the switch

 

[sdelivery]

Power to blue, power to black white and black to neutral.
The assembly on the motor with the terminal strip is the centrifugal switch