Dual Voltage Motors, How They Work, And Wiring Them Without The Wire Labels.

How Dual Voltage Motors Work, and How to Wire them even without the wire labels. I have received several requests to cover this topic.
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[@wailani3263]

I've looked at a thousand vids on this subject and yours! FINALLY! I get the complete picture! Thank you for this wonderful explanation.

[@JDB60]

There are so many forums wherepeople argue endlessly about the merits of running a tool at 240 instead of 120. Some people claim that beyond the reduced amperage consumption, wired at 240 the motor will have a higher stall torque and thus will be harder to bog down and run better. I think it would be a great video if you tested these different theories. I have seen lots of talk about this topic but not a lot of proofs lol. Thanks for the great videos, keep it up

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I have a jet pump. I'd like to switch to 220. It's not nessarly dual voltage but why can't your switch it anyways?

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I have been wanting to convert my grandpas 1959 Dewalt 925 over to 220 and I never understood what the wiring chart was showing. The way you explained everything I can not only do it but I can understand what i am doing. I was always one of those little kids that said "but why". Thank you so much for telling me why. You are an awesome teacher.

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Just completed a rewire on a Dayton 3/4 hp dual voltage motor from my Dad. Needed to reverse the rotation direction and keep the wiring at 115V. This video gave ALL the information needed. Jeremy, you are a wonderful teacher. Keep up that good work!

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This is by far the most simple explanation about a dual voltage motor which a person with zero knowledge on wiring a 6 lead motor. Thank you so much!! My late dad left us a vintage thomas sprayit compressor. Looks like im gonna try to revive & use it. 👍👍👍

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Jeremy, you saved my butt! You have definitely earned my subscription! I bought a used motor only to get it home and discover it turned the wrong direction and was "non-reversible". It was also a dual voltage motor, but I did not know why there were six coil wires rather than the four I was expecting, and two of those wires were soldered together! Thanks to your video, all was revealed, and by desoldering the wires that were soldered together I was able to identify the two run coils and the one start coil. I switched around the polarity of the start coil, soldered things up, and put it all back together complete with new bearings. It now spins the direction I need and purrs like a kitten!! Thank-you so, so much! I am currently building a 20 inch bandsaw using plans purchased from Matthias Wandel, and wanted to use this motor to spin up, and test the saw. The motor is 1.5 HP and spins at 3450 rpm. With a 2.5 inch pulley do you think it will spin too fast to be used long term? I can see that you use a 3 phase motor on your saw. I am curious what the power of that motor is, and how many feet per second you run your blade at? Many thanks!

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There is a whole video about that project.

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Learn something new each video on this channel. So cool. I have an 3 Phase Induction motor with dual 230V 460V something like that and wandered how i will wire it for a VFD to DIY build a test bench to spin VE type diesel pump at 600 RMP and 2200RPM the IM is rated at 1400 RMP thereabouts, i'm hoping the VFD will get the RPM up. Australia is 240V standard house 10 amp. Plus use it to drive a pump to run waste veg oil through centrifuge at 90-100 psi. All this stuff is way over my head but with your help from the videos i'm learning and getting confident that might be able eventually do it. Thank you so much cool channel. Great minds that surface on the internet now days is amazing.

[@alexhoselton2434]

Thank you to both of the Jeremys! I just rewired my lathe which can with a dual voltage motor for 110!

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A little tip from the book: Your supply wires (AC cord) should ALWAYS be female plugs, and your receiving device should be male plugs. This prevents you from touching live AC wires.

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This is just what I needed today to wire up a motor I got recently that had no labels. Thank you so much!

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Great job as a old time retired factory maintenance man your presentation was both spot on and very well demonstrated. I get frustrated with people on the internet comments saying there going to lower there machines 240 instead of 120 to save money please go over billing for kilowatts WVA thanks

[@JeremyFieldingSr]

I actually talked about that in this video, then I edited it out to make the video shorter. It is a common assumption, but the difference is negligible at best. Certainly not worth rewiring anything.

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The difference is in current loss. The more current you put through a wire the more you lose due to resistance to current flow (impedance). At twice the voltage but half of the amperage, losses will be lower for a given length of circuit, but that is generally minimal in a properly sized circuit. The advantage comes with sizing the wiring in the wall and the hookup smaller for lower amp capacity. Cost increases for 240V plugs and sockets vs 120V. I did that calculation as I sized a wall circuit for the saw in my new shop space. Decided to try it on the higher voltage. I wonder if it will run cooler on fewer amps?

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Thank you so much, accidentally ripped the cord out of my motor and couldn't figure out how to wire it, thank you for the education and walk through, you saved me a lot of headache!!!

[@olinzuercher6344]

As a former HVACR tech this is exactly how we were taught to find which set of terminals was the start winding and run winding on a single phase compressor*. You may know that most refrigeration compressors wired for single phase and under 5 HP (More or less depending on the manufacturer.) have three terminals. The highest resistance value between any two terminals is both the run and start windings as those are connected together and will make a circuit, the next highest is the start winding and the lowest is the run winding. A good reminder of of how to find the correct windings on a single phase compressor. *Refrigeration (Includes Air Conditioning.) compressors are often totally sealed units, they are an electric motor and a compressor combination.

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Awesome video, thank you for posting. It really helped me out wiring an old motor that the label was scratched off of.

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That was a great explanation. I have been working on my boat lift motor for a week. I wish I had found your video sooner. Thanks!!!!

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This is one of those things that I don’t use often enough to keep at the top of my mind and I really only needed the diagram but you did an excellent job of explaining why there are 6 wires and how they can be configured for dual voltage.

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love your videos and this was just on time, I am building an air compressor out of an old 2 stage Frigidaire compressor and needed my my motor to turn counter clockwise. With your help i had it in 5 minutes 😎 thanks

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So simple. Thank You. Well explained and illustrated. Verbal show and tell. Love the reverse wire explanation to turn the motor backwards ( if needed ).

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It worked! Dayton 1/3 HP on 110. It came to me without a power cord, and electrical wiring is something I know very little about. Thanks to you, I managed to figure it out and get it wired. Keep up the great work!

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Fixed mine. It was the thermal switch! Thanks!!!!

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One of the best motor wiring overviews I've seen so far. Nice job. I'm rebuilding a Delta Rockwell repulsion induction motor that is dual voltage and has a physical switch that allows you reverse rotation. This is helpful as the wiring is just old faded cloth so was trying to figure out which windings were paired. Question, I'm running the motor to a 30 amp rated motor switch (motor is 12 amps at 110) in order to bench test it, but it is not clear which pair of wires to run to "white" and which to "black" in the switch... Or does it matter? A video hooking up this type of motor or 3 phase to a magnetic starter with remote switch would be awesome!

[@otm646]

If your old motor is single phase (sounds like it) it doesn't matter. Load to neutral or neutral to load is only going go change the direction of rotation. If it were 3 phase simply swap a pair to reverse it.

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Hi Jeremy, I bumped into your video to get an answer about a motor that read 120/240 V. I got the raw answer I needed, but I couldn't follow you all the way to the end of your demonstration. I'm not tech. savvy enough to take it all in. However, I'll be back. Definitely convinced "You The S#%T". Thanks so very much, The Bobbyman

[@lyleroberts477]

Great and easy to follow: Only thought is the picture chart with the high voltage vrs low voltage. i.e. Low Voltage 110 would have Neutral and Hot. The High voltage i.e. 220 I don't believe would have a "Neutral". Both sides would be "hot" for 220V.

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Goodness, I looked at a dozen motor diagram, this is the first one that gave me the information I need.1 3 5 gets the neutral and 2 4 6 gets the hot wire.

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