John Hines wrote in
:

"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.


Best advice posted here so far! Good job.

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Jim Yanik
jyanik-at-kua.net