"Magnusfarce" wrote:

I posted about this motor a couple of days ago, and wanted to follow up in
another direction. The motor in question is 1-hp Craftsman motor from a
table saw and is about 45 years old. After rewiring it for 220 volt
service, it started a few times and now doesn't want to. When completely
cold, it starts fine, but after running for a few minutes (no load) it warms
up a bit and then will not restart. When power is applied, it rotates
backward slowly.

From the Drisilker (emotorstore.com) faq:

FACT: Replace the capacitor when replacing a defective motor. If a
defective capacitor is in the circuit the motor probably will not run,
it will operate as if overloaded. The motor speed will be low, it will
overheat and probably activate the overload protector causing cycling.


So it sounds like it may be the cap, which being old, couldn't take
being switched to 220v. They also have wiring diagrams and a bunch of
other motor tech stuff on their website.