Motor Wiring Question

[rabeb25]

So I have an old motor I have used on my grain mill for ages.. I want to say it is a bodine. The motor is set to spin counter clockwise. Well I used to have a barley crusher, and it was no big deal I just flipped it over attached the hopper and I was good to go. Well I just upgraded to a 3 roller mill, and the option of just flipping it over is... well.. not possible. I was playing with it tonight. It has a starter cap, and when using that it want to spin counter clockwise. I can disable that, spin the motor clockwise, turn it on and it will then run clockwise. Problem is while crushing grain if it gets a big load it will reverse and go back to counter. I tried swapping wires on the cap did nothing, and I haven't really dug into the motor too much.. anyone know of a way to get this guy to spin clockwise???

Here is a picture of the motor:

Any help appreciated!!


Bryan

 

[day_trippr]

Mfgr/model number for the motor might be helpful.

Can the drive roller be flipped end to end so the shaft comes out the opposite side of the mill?

How many wires exit the motor housing?

Cheers!

 

[rabeb25]

Sorry it was late last night.. so I did some research today.. this is what I have:

GEC MACHINES
BCPG1510
RFE 173 RPM MOTOR - 5nM = 44 In-Lbs = 708 In-Oz Beautifully constructed in Newcastle England AC Non-synchronous induction gearmotor, permanent capacitor, parallel oputput shaft, grease lubricated gearbox, fan cooled, totally enclosed. 115V 1.8Amp ( 4.5" Diameter x 12-1/2" long x 8 " WIDE) with Capacitor

I have 5 wires coming out of the housing( I also can't access the inside of the motor parts)

Green-gnd
Blue-Ac-black-load-this is how it was hooked up from years ago
Brown-Ac white-common-this is how it was hooked up from years ago
Red-goes to cap
white-goes to cap

so here is what I found out in my trials-

resistance-
blue-red 7.2
blue-white 13

brown-red .2
brown-white 7

Disconnect cap wires- motor will spin in random direction-has same TQ after start up, but will sometime switch directions with load

Keep red cap connected- connect blue out of housing to other terminal cap- connect white out of housing to AC lead- motor will spin in the proper direction, but has no tq, will not crush grain.

Thats about as far as I got.. thanks!

 

[rabeb25]

OH MY GOD.

Completely disregard this thread. Late+drinks= mindless. Problem avoided, roller on mill flipped. Thanks day tripper for making me pull my head out of my ass.


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[day_trippr]

OH MY GOD.

Completely disregard this thread. Late+drinks= mindless. Problem avoided, roller on mill flipped. Thanks day tripper for making me pull my head out of my ass.


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Lol! Happy to help (from a safe distance)...

Cheers!