OK gents - thanks for all this good gen! The motor is rated at 6hp and pulls a max of 20 amps at start. It is obvious that there is no easy way ahead here and maybe I ought to investigate the cost of a rewind and continue my search for a reasonably priced replacement motor (fruitless so far :-(...
Marke - Thanks for that... i had seen something about voltage reduction before now you mention it. A local motor 'specialist' suggested that I strap a 40 microfarad cap across the mains input and that "would solve my problem" - needless to say I have not experimented with this idea...
Thanks for the replies so far. I forgot to mention that this is a direct drive unit, so the motor is mounted directly on the compressor pump, so pulley changes are not an option. Replacing the motor is also awkward due to having to find same mount etc and expensive from what I have seen, so...
I have a compressor fitted with a 230v 60Hz single phase cap-start, cap-run motor. It is meant to run at 3450 rpm. Although it will run here in UK on 50Hz, after a couple of minutes the caps begin to smoke! I think that the reduction in operating frequency means that the motor does not reach...
