Re: FREE TO A GOOD HOME

From: Michael Moroney (moroney_at_world.std.spaamtrap.com)
Date: 05/28/03 

Date: Wed, 28 May 2003 04:36:57 +0000 (UTC)

John Santos <JOHN@egh.com> writes:

>I know it used 3-phase power because for several years it didn't
>work properly. (I think it seemed sluggish and less powerful than
>it had originally.) Then they had someone work on it for some
>reason, and he discovered one of the phases was wired backwards
>and was fighting the other 2 phases instead of aiding them. They
>corrected the wiring, and suddenly it was like new.

If two of the phase wires are reversed it (the motor) should run backwards,
not weakly. Unless you meant that you could reverse one of the three
windings (6 wires to the motor), such as hot/neutral reversal if Y
configured, but then I'd expect the motor to burn itself out. Maybe not,
never tried it. 

-- 
-Mike

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