Saturday, September 27, 2014

Reversing the direction of an AC capacitor 1/2 HP Emerson circa1962 motor

I spent hours building a stand for a rock lapidary unit, and more hours hooking up the electrical. I was so pleased with myself until I turned it on. Everything worked great but the motor turns in the wrong direction. The motor information plate is almost completely worn off. I can see that it is a type KS. Other numbers on it are a 60, a "50 Cont.", a large 13V is stamped on and 1725 which may be speed? I don't know how to describe the terminal connections. There are 4 nuts with the black wire from the plug going to the lower left connection. The white wire goes up inside to a circular connection that has another white wire. (Maybe a switch for the capacitor) All the wires inside the motor between the terminals are white. Describing how they are connected and what they do is beyond me so I took pictures. I'm 68 and an accomplished DIYer but I've never worked with electrical motors. Although I've read some of the other forums I am not familiar with the motor world terminologies. Thank you for your time and for your suggestions.Attachment 38959 (http://www.doityourself.com/forum/attachments/electrical-ac-dc/38959-reversing-direction-ac-capacitor-1-2-hp-emerson-circa1962-motor-2015-04-15-20.26.17.jpg)

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