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Post by phrederic on Jul 18, 2008 5:58:03 GMT -5
I'm ready to reassemble the unit I posted about in "Identify that Fan" - Someone else's Trash and need help. There are four wires coming from the motor into the switch housing: black, white, yellow and orange. I assume the black is a continuation of the black going to the motor, and I had inserted the white through the shaft myself. Attaching an ohm meter between black and orange is approx. 37 ohms and between black and yellow is approx 41; between yellow and orange is approx. 80. The housing will also have a slide switch for reversing, pull chain (I don't know the no. of positions), variable speed control and capacitor. That's the extent of what I know. Now I'm in new territory and need help. Lots.  A lot of the wiring was disconnected when I found the fan and I need help reconnecting the components. Thanks. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2008 17:24:27 GMT -5
I'm ready to reassemble the unit I posted about in "Identify that Fan" - Someone else's Trash and need help. There are four wires coming from the motor into the switch housing: black, white, yellow and orange. I assume the black is a continuation of the black going to the motor, and I had inserted the white through the shaft myself. Attaching an ohm meter between black and orange is approx. 37 ohms and between black and yellow is approx 41; between yellow and orange is approx. 80. The housing will also have a slide switch for reversing, pull chain (I don't know the no. of positions), variable speed control and capacitor. That's the extent of what I know. Now I'm in new territory and need help. Lots. A lot of the wiring was disconnected when I found the fan and I need help reconnecting the components. Thanks. Capacitor goes between yellow and orange. Power applies to black, THROUGH the variable speed control. Depending on whether you want it to go in forward or reverse, neutral connects to yellow or orange. |
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Post by phrederic on Jul 22, 2008 14:55:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure I understand the "Power applies to black, through the ...". Do you mean the black before it heads down the motor shaft? or something else. I have noticed the black going into the motor shaft is not the same wire coming into the switch housing - not even the same kind of wire.
I have experimented a bit. I have placed the capacitor between the yellow and pink wires from the motor shaft, the white wire to the yellow wires. wiring the black and white from the top of the motor to power, the motor turns. Mean anything?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2008 13:20:26 GMT -5
How many black wires do you have? I meant the one coming from the windings. You should have two black wires, one from the windings to the switch housing, and one that goes straight through like the white.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 23, 2008 19:33:31 GMT -5
I have a single black going into the top of the motor shaft and a single black going from the shaft into the switch housing. Both seem to terminated in the motor - they can not be pulled out. However, they are not the same wire. One seems to be a 18 awg by Pacific and the other (into the housing) is 16 by someone else.). I pulled the white through the shaft myself. The other wires in the housing, from the shaft are yellow and orange
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2008 23:17:09 GMT -5
Can you trace the blacks to where they meet?
Do you have an ohm-meter?
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Post by phrederic on Jul 25, 2008 11:13:11 GMT -5
I can't trace back, because both wires go into the shaft - one from the top and one from the switch housing. Yes, I do have an ohm meter. I have not ohmed black to shaft, only from colors to black. And between colors.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2008 18:52:47 GMT -5
Between the two blacks?
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Post by phrederic on Jul 26, 2008 4:43:30 GMT -5
Ohm meter shows 0 ohms
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2008 16:56:56 GMT -5
So, basically, hot runs direct to the motor, AND into the switch housing? That makes no sense, unless it didnt have a separate light wire, but still having it run straight to the coils isnt a good idea. Has anyone messed with the wiring on this before?
Capacitor goes between yellow and orange. Depending on whether you want it to go in forward or reverse, neutral connects to yellow or orange. The variable speed control goes between this neutral and the white wire. Cap off the black wire in the switch housing. Connect power to black and white at the ceiling.
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Post by phrederic on Jul 27, 2008 20:14:38 GMT -5
No, I don't think there's been any other messing. I pulled the only white wire through the shaft into the housing. I understand it will be neutral? But what about placing the speed control between the neutral and the white wire? I've reposted the picture of the fan before I started. You can see the black wire attaches to the black of the light. Maybe the black is attached to the beginning of the winding, continues on into the housing? i330.photobucket.com/albums/l426/phrederic/DSCF0001-1.jpg |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2008 20:31:32 GMT -5
*IDEA* what might be better in the long run, remove the downrod, and take the black that runs up the downrod, and feed it back down to the switch housing. So you have two blacks in the switch housing. Then, feed a new black from the top of the motor into the switch housing (now you'll have 3). This way, if the wires ever get pulled out from the top it wont render the motor useless.
Let me know if you decide to do this. I'll then instruct you how to wire it one way or the other.
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