[How do I?] Wire This Up? 220 Volts Is My Choice.

i'll take a stab at it....

from your 2 pole disconnect,
install one hot wire(L1) from the discon to the drum switch terminal 2
run a wire from switch 2 to motor terminal 4
disconnect blue wire at motor terminal 2, splice wire, carry splice to switch terminal 3
run a jumper wire from motor terminal 2 to switch terminal 4
run 1 hot wire(L2) from discon to switch terminal6
run wire from switch terminal 6 to motor terminal 1.

if this scenario is reversed for desired forward rotation , simply reverse black and red wires at the drum switch- terminals 1 and 4 respectively
 
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richardsrelics said:
I have read this switch when run on 220 leaves one line hot all the time, can this be resolved by simply installing an on/off switch on that line?
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hi Richard,
if the switch schematic is correct, the switch is an open center stop- no power is going between poles in the center(stop/ off) position if it's wired correctly
 
Those instructions got me forward only. and only when the switch was turned to REV.

Just curious as to why SW term #1 and #5 are not used?

I am ok with that, as running in forward is better than not running at all :)
 
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i got it screwed up sorry disregard last instructions here is the plan...

from the 2 pole disconnect
install L1 to drum switch 2
disconnect blue wire from motor 2, splice wire carry to switch 3
install wire from switch 1 to motor 2
run a wire from motor 4 to switch 4
install L2 to switch 6 and then run a wire from switch 5 to motor 1
 
Progress is the opposite of Congress, but I digress...
I now have forward when drum is switched to FOR.. YEAH!!!!!

When I switch to off, wait for it to stop, then place drum switch to REV....
SW #1 & #3 spark badly breaker does not blow and motor does not turn... bummer

If nothing else I will prohibit the switch from going into reverse....but I will wait till you look at this....been a long day,
 
sorry for the delay,
i must be missing something, i'll be sure to re asses my thinking
i may ask you to do some testing, if you have an ohm meter or voltage tester.
i'll be on in the morning to see how we got messed up, but i'm thinking that you may have a bad drum switch.
a couple simple tests can verify
 
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Scratch that. I see that says 3 phase. I'll look again.
 
Sorry for the first post by me. It is hard to scroll through then type your answer at the bottom. Starting at motor. With motor wired exactly as pictured runt wire from motor 1 to switch 5. Motor 4 to switch 4. Motor 2 to switch 1. Then from switch to circuit panel switch 3 to line 1(hot wire). Switch 6 you line 2(hot wire).
 
kingmt01, with your instructions that will have 3 wires on terminal 2 on the motor, red, blue and wire from SW#1

I only have 2 connectors on the motor....
 
I am not just sitting here blindly following I am actually looking deep into this so I can have a better understanding of what is going on.
My understanding of my situation is this:

I have 4 wires coming out of the motor....

Red
Black
Blue
Tan

Instructions call for red and black to be switched to reverse rotation.
I see Red and Black as the START circuit, and Tan and Blue as RUN circuit.

Terminals 1 and 4 on the motor are the power inputs for the motor.
For CW rotation Red and Tan must get one leg of power and black gets the other.
For CCW rotation Black and Tan gets on leg of power and Tan gets the other.

So for CW and CCW rotation of the motor:
Power comes from the breaker box( LINE#1), thru the SW#6 thru SW#5 to terminal #1 on the motor, this does not change.

To allow the motor to reverse direction:

Now as I understand what happens next is the power, (LINE#2), to make the motor change directions needs to either go to terminal #2 OR terminal #4 on the motor for it to be able to reverse.

Now for my drum switch in the FWD position,
Drum SW term#1 & #3 are in contact
Drum SW term #2 & #4 are in contact
Drum SW term #5 & #6 are in contact
So if term #6 on the drum switch holds (LINE#1), it then goes to switch #5 and on to terminal #1 of the motor
If terminal #2 on drum switch has (LINE #2), being connected to terminal #4 on drum switch, should go to terminal #4 on motor.
As I see this, drum switch #3 should go to Motor terminal #2

Drum switch in REV will do this:
Drum SW term#1 & #2 are in contact
Drum SW term #3 & #4 are in contact
Drum SW term #5 & #6 are in contact
thereby switching power on the motor from motor terminals #1 & #4 to Terminals #2 & #4


If this is the case then I need splice red, blue and a wire from drum switch #3.

Ok do I got this?

Talk to me...lol

Thanks

Richard
 
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