Kevin
Where is the reversing switch located? It would have to be
on the motor it self as you can't reverse an ac motor with
just two wires.
Basil

"Kevin Beitz" wrote in message
om...
I got one of Grizzly larger lathes... It has only two
wires going into
the motor and its single phase 220 with electric
reverse... First I
don't know how they do that... For a few years every so
often when
starting my machine the motor would make a loud nose like
a 3-phase
motor would do if it tried to run with one fuse blown
(what I call
single phasing ) ... About a month ago the motor quit...
It has two
capacitor's tied in parallel that needed replaced .
The machine worked good for a few weeks... Last night it
smoked the
new capacitor's . So I fished around in my box of
capacitor's untill I
found one that would let me finish the job... Could anyone
tell me
whats happening and or where would I find a 220 5 hp
reversable motor
that only need two wires ???

Thanks.
Kevin