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Default vacuum cleaner motor reversal?

On 13/02/2021 13:38, Harry Bloomfield wrote:
Besides, you cannot reverse a 240v motor, by simply swapping the L an N
over.

yes, you can, if its a universal motor (with carbon brushes and field
windings) and you only swap either the field or the brushes




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