On Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 10:05:08 AM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
trader_4 wrote in news:d6d90c63-7e9d-4e23-be65-
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On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 2:08:14 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
trader_4 wrote in
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On Friday, March 22, 2019 at 1:39:44 PM UTC-4, KenK wrote:
A friend has a swamp cooler blower with a built-in motor. And
that's
all. The motor wires are orange, red and black.
I told him I'd guess the black is common and the other two wires
are
for low and high speed. If so correct hookup would be one side of
120
VAC to black and the other to either other wire.
What do you think? I know this is extremely little information to
go
on but I'm curious at what you would guess about this.
TIA
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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.
I would agree with your assessment, provided there is no start
capacitor external to the motor involved. You'd think you could
just
trace the wires and see where they go, and or use a meter, no?
No start capacitr. But it could have been remoced.
I don't know how a two-speed A/C motor is wired. Perhaps a pair go to
a
field winding. Then there is another field winding added to the first
field for higher speed? There is probably little DC resistance in
these
windings so a ohm-meter test would be difficult.
Suggestions?
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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.
Just test the wires going to the motor with the fan set to low and
high.
That is assuming there is a high low switch.
Nope. Just the blower, motor, and three wires going to a flat
multiconnector plastic socket.
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I love a good meal! That's why I don't cook.
We don't know what unit this even is or have it to look at. Have you
looked for a wiring diagram that is often on the back of a panel or
stuffed inside as a folded up piece of paper? Looked online?
If that doesn't exist, and you say there is no hi/lo switch, then
do you have a theory as to what determines the motor speed?
Is this a modern unit that has electronic controls or an old one
with mechanical? The former, the board could do it without the user
having control. But for something so basic, a swamp cooler, if it has
a two speed motor, I'd think it would have a speed selection by the
user somehow and it would be obvious.