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Post by Rockoonz on Apr 17, 2013 21:56:17 GMT -5
Use 1/2 inch allthread. Here's what I did on a HP.
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 17, 2013 22:15:32 GMT -5
half inch it will be.
Now, How about the gearbox on the front of the saw? should I open it up and see if the grease is bad? how would I tell?
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rykk
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Post by rykk on Apr 18, 2013 0:48:24 GMT -5
Didn't thoroughly read all the answers so, sorry if you already have it figured out.
To change from 220VAC ("High Voltage" - typical dryer and air cond. motor voltage) to 115VAC (Low Voltage - typical house receptacle voltage) what you want to do is:
Take the White wire (Line 1) in a normal 115V power cord and attach it to P1, making sure that contacts T2,T4,T8, and P2 are all connected to terminal "T".
Take the Black wire (Line 2) in the power cord and attach it to the Purple wire, T1, and T3, at terminal "Az".
Take wire T2 and T3 off of terminal "Z" and connect T2 in place of wire P3 at terminal "T". Take T3 and connect it to terminal "Az", which should have T1, T3, the purple wire, and the White power cord wire also connected there.
Then, put wire P3 on terminal "S" all by its lonesome in place of wire P2.
Connect wire P2 with the crowd at terminal "T".
Terminal "Z" should have no wires connected to it.
Connect the green (Ground) wire in the power cord to the metal chassis of the motor.
The Purple wire is the standard color used for the Direction of Rotation and is the key to that bit. If you have to make the motor spin the opposite direction, just disconnect the Purple wire from terminal Az, disconnect the wire T8 from the terminal T and swap their positions. ie: The Purple wire will now go to T and the wire T8 will now go to terminal Az.
There are usually either spade lug connectors that you just have to slide on/off terminals or - as the pic seems to show - screw lugs that you have to unscrew the nuts from the terminals so as to be able to move them around. Hope this helps.
BTW - If you do have a 220VAC receptacle you can plug this guy into, it would be a good idea to just leave it wired for 220 and use that. Running a motor at 220V is much better than at 115V. The motor will run a lot cooler (less "reluctance") and will also cost a whole lot less as far as your electric bill. C-ya, Rick
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Post by deb193redux on Apr 18, 2013 8:04:02 GMT -5
yes, those are the changes I made. thanks for confirmation.
It will have to be 110v though. I converted my 220v circuit into two 110v circuits to plug all my other equipment into
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Post by johnjsgems on Apr 18, 2013 8:50:26 GMT -5
I think 230V motors may run more efficiently but don't think the power consumption would be noticeably less. If a motor is rated 6 amps at 230V, and 12 amps at 115V it draws 6 amps on two lines or 12 amps on one.
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Post by phil on Apr 18, 2013 15:46:30 GMT -5
Hi all, sorry to not reply til now, been busy. But I think everyones q' s have been answered. Happy cutting!
Phil
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