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    AC motor with grounding problem

    itsmoked, what is the web address for the motors forum? I googled for a motor site and this is all that looked good. It does have a start relay built in to it. Is this repairable or will it have to be rewound?
  2. Carldar

    AC motor with grounding problem

    The real puzzle is that if I wire it for rotation in one direction the frame is hot. If I wire it for rotation in the oposite direction the frame is NOT hot. If there is a shorted winding it is shorted no matter how you wire it. This is not the case here. This motor is not acting like it has a...
  3. Carldar

    AC motor with grounding problem

    I have an A. O. Smith corp AC motor that has ground problem. It is on an air comp. and tank assy that was made in 1956. I was told when I bought it that I could not use a ground on it as it would pop the breaker and that they were meant to be wired with two wires for 115/230v without a ground...

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