"Dave" wrote in message
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Woohooo William, the belt sander lives again.

Thanks, that did the trick. The first try was wired as described, the
motor just growled. I swapped the momentary switch wire to the Neutral
side of the mains and bingo. Starts in an instant, CCW every time.

Thank you so much for suggesting a momentary switch to replace the relay.
I would never have thought of it.

I had a suitable switch in the scrap box. I purchased a $20 box of mixed
switches from one of the surplus places and as it turns out I got three
robust momentary in the batch. A no cost repair, my favorite.

I am guessing this cheap Chinese motor will last another 10 years. g

Thanks also to all who offered help with the treadmill motor. I'd still
like to know how to wire it just in case I need to use it the future.

Dave

glad to be of service -- if the windings dont' get destroyed, there is
almost no failure mode for an AC induction motor - bearings can go bad, but
they are cheap to replace, the starter can go bad, as you saw, but it's not
hard to work around, and if there is a capacitor, it can (and will) go bad
but is easy to change.

the moral here is to fix rather than replace with something different. It's
not too hard.


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