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Wire a bench grinder with messy wiring

mecheng46

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Jan 26, 2020
Hi,

I am trying to wire a single phase 240V bench grinder and I can't figure out how to do it.

Although the motor starts it is wired wrongly with no capacitor involved in the wiring, i have to push the grinding wheel to get it going.

There is an On-Off-On switch which is not the right one and when i flick the switch on the 'On' position the motor it's buzzing. If i push the wheel it goes up to speed with no issues. The strange thing is the direction of the motor, it's random, sometimes clockwise and sometimes anti-clockwise.

The motor has 3 cables, two are thicker and identical to each other compared to the third one.

Sounds like i need a capacitor somewhere in the system, an On-Off toggle switch and somehow connect a capacitor somewhere in the system.

Can anybody help to wire this bench grinder?

Manufacturer label:
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/1nEAAOSw5MReFO6~/s-l1600.jpg

Current wiring:
62659-E6-B-F27-F-4-BDD-B0-B8-C8-E234-D3-D24-C — imgbb.com
 
Show ALL the wires..... for reversible, there are usually 5 wires into the motor. Sometimes 4. If not 5 wires, then that switch is likely the wrong one.
 








 
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