rustyironism
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 31, 2012
- Location
- Lower Thumb, Michigan
I bought this machine a few years ago in anticipation of a job that never came about.
Good thing, because the motor was stuck solid!
I now have a job for it, so I just pulled the motor, tore it apart and freed it up.
My brother does most of my motor and switch figuring out, because he learned early about electricity by having me, about 5 years old, stick my finger in a light socket!
But this is new to him, too.
I did some research on 2 phase and it has an interesting history, involving Tesla, the northeastern part of the country, and it's ultimate demise in 1981 in Niagra/Buffalo/Philadelphia.
That Tesla mentioned was the REAL one, way back, not the modern car, but, one site said that the Chevy Volt uses a 2 phase motor.
My Ohms glaze over and Impede any understanding when Electrical people start conversing, which has a shocking language all it's own.
I see where a solution was a Scott-T transformer, and this site seemed to be the easiest to understand..
Scott-T Transformer Connection Overview
..but I am still lost.
We will keep doing research to figure this out, but, surely some one out there has found a Wham-Bam method to solve this issue.
It has 4 wires.
Can anyone come up with a solution that my brother can understand and explain to me?
No, I don't want to change the motor.
Thanks for any input!
I'll add more about the machine itself.
Mike
Good thing, because the motor was stuck solid!
I now have a job for it, so I just pulled the motor, tore it apart and freed it up.
My brother does most of my motor and switch figuring out, because he learned early about electricity by having me, about 5 years old, stick my finger in a light socket!
But this is new to him, too.
I did some research on 2 phase and it has an interesting history, involving Tesla, the northeastern part of the country, and it's ultimate demise in 1981 in Niagra/Buffalo/Philadelphia.
That Tesla mentioned was the REAL one, way back, not the modern car, but, one site said that the Chevy Volt uses a 2 phase motor.
My Ohms glaze over and Impede any understanding when Electrical people start conversing, which has a shocking language all it's own.
I see where a solution was a Scott-T transformer, and this site seemed to be the easiest to understand..
Scott-T Transformer Connection Overview
..but I am still lost.
We will keep doing research to figure this out, but, surely some one out there has found a Wham-Bam method to solve this issue.
It has 4 wires.
Can anyone come up with a solution that my brother can understand and explain to me?
No, I don't want to change the motor.
Thanks for any input!
I'll add more about the machine itself.
Mike