General Electric 1.5 HP motor 110/220 VAC connections

[ballisticman]

I hope someone has information on older General Electric motors. I have a 1.5 HP 110 VAC motor driving a compressor that is capable of being converted to a 220 VAC motor, but the wiring diagram is missing from the motor. IT IS A model 5KC49WG527X and has four terminals inside the rear cover and I can see where the diagram was glued to the cover but has long since disapeared. I have had no luck trying to find any websites that can provide me with any information about this motor. In the 110 VAC mode it draws a little over 18 amps and with the 50 foot run on a twenty amp breaker the wires do get a little warm and I tend to trip the breaker before I get the pressure up to 90 PSI and severl times more before I get to the 125 PSI that the pressure switch is set for.
Thanks in advance for any who are able to provide me with any information.

 

[itsmoked]

If this is a commercial product have you looked at the makers web site for an owner's manual?

What color wires do you have available coming out of the motor?

You can't usually just change a 120VAC(not 110) outlet to 240VAC.

Do you have a 240VAC outlet to use if you convert the motor?

Keith Cress
Flamin Systems, Inc.-

http://www.flaminsystems.com

 

[ballisticman]

Thanks for replying Keith.
The motor was made by General Electric as I had mentioned in my first post but when you asked for wire colors, I checked for any other information about the compressor and found that it was built by The Kargard Company in Marnett, WI in 1971.
I have checked the GE site but could not find any listing for this motor at all. The color of the wires are as follows:
The AC lines from the preasure switch are both black 10 AWG on terminals 1 and 4 the other wires all appear to be 12 AWG and terminal 2 has orange and black wires connected to it. Terminal 3 has N.C. Teminal 4 has red and white wires along with one leg of the AC line.
As for the outlets in my barn, I built it and did all of the wiring myself. I just bought a 50' roll of 12/3 cable and am going to put in a new 220V outlet. As for my using the term 110/220 VAC, that is what I thought was listed on the motor because I remembered that it was an odd voltage, but when I got the wire information, I checked the listed voltage again, and found it to be 115/230 VAC. Like I said, it's an old motor. I don't know where My stepfather got it or when, but when he passed, my mother told me to take it so I don't know anything about its history. I do know that my stepfather juryrigged everything and this compressor was no exception. I have had it for about four years and I just started checking it out and found that the pressure switch was bypassed, the preasure release valve was plugged, the filters were rotted away, and the check valve would not hold the pressure over night. He had the compressor outside in the weather for several years and used that way. Oh! yes, the drain plugs are also frozen so I can't drain any water from the tank, I don't imagine he ever did anything in the way of maintaince for the compressor so it is probably not worth fixing but I hate to get rid of it for any price.
Thanks again,
Mike Warner