According to Jordan :
The challenge is to identify what the motor terminals are actually
connected to inside the motor.

Yep -- I think that I have this one decoded. See my other posts
in this thread.

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Here's how I successfully wired up a Taiwanese single-phase 240V motor
for switchable forward/reverse operation, using toggle switches instead
of a drum switch:
http://tinyurl.com/moep7

For whatever reason, I'm not able to access that site at this
time. But one thing which would worry me would be that your design
probably has the assumption that one side of the 240V is grounded. In
the case of US wiring, this is not true. Both sides are hot -- 120V
away from ground and neutral, so both sides need to be switched.

Aha! the image finally arrived. I see another problem as well.
That motor appears to not be designed to operate at 120V -- only at
240V, so the start winding is also a 240V winding. His is a
dual-voltage motor, with two 120V run windings in series for 240V, and
the center tap used to derive 120V for the start winding.

So -- it is a workable circuit for *your* motor and *your*
country's wiring -- but it won't work here in the USA. In particular,
even if he had a motor with a 240V start winding, the RUN/STOP toggle
switch would need to be DPST to open both hot windings for safety
reasons.

Thanks,
DoN.

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