If the motor came out of an A/C with the extra wire I'd suggest that it
is either a cap start motor or a 2 speed motor. Tough to tell which
wihtout some more details. About the best I could say is that the cap
lead is typically brown.



Dale Hallmark wrote:
I was given a "Old" motor and it looks like it may have came from an old air
conditioner
(water cooler type). No plug on the end of the cord, so the elect may have
ran through controls
(step rheostat (sp) maybe?) or whatever before it went to the motor?
No plate with specs either. And no hump on the motor for a starting
capacitor.

Anyway, I thought it was a 110- v motor (what I want) but the wire colors
are
red, white, black. Now the (New) cord I happen to have lying around is
black, white, green.

When I hook up black-black, and white-white and leave the green red
unconnected
It doesn't sound safe to be near for the 1 sec I tried and doesn't run
either but didn't blow a breaker.

Black for power???, white for ground??? and green for safety, right, wrong??
Or is the red for another 110-v leg?

So, should I just trash it or am I doing something stupid with the wiring
that should be obvious
to anyone but me?

Dale