Re: Yet another NEMA 42 roadblock

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> Jeff,
>
> You won't likely hurt your motor if you connect the coils
> incorrectly. I think your motor does not match the one you have
> documents of. So go ahead and connect it in various ways. It will
> just sit and hum, or buzz if you get it wrong. Keep trying, that's
> one of the prices of "surplus" motors<G>
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Ballendo
>
> P.S. I think Mariss has said that you CAN hurt a DRIVE, if you hook
> up an 8 wire motor incorrectly!

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2 things, first, I think these are existing froma 120volt or higher
system so if they were run at 100 volts and 8 amps, or 800 watts,
running them at 30 volts and 4 amps or 120 watts will show they are
working, but not do heavy duty work.

Second point is that you are correct that completely miswired ie:coil
A into coil B on the drive will cause damage. That is why I said to
use single coils and not mess with guessing how to use the 8 wire in
series or parallel. besided probably half of us use only 2 coils to
begin with and the 3% gain is not worth the worry to a newbie.

Dave