DIY Washing Machine Motor Wiring
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
- This video will teach you how to use an old washing machine motor for a DIY project. In the first part of the video, we tell you how to wire the motor we are using, and at 7:25 we start discussing tools to figure out any washing machine motor yourself.
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This is the best video I've seen on this topic. Clear, simple, no mumbling or time wasting. Very helpful. Good job! Thanks.
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Very good job 👍 Thanks Paul
had the exact same motor, found your video very useful. thanks
Same here
Thank you!!!! I’ve been searching the Internet for months on how to wire my motor. You are the one to finally help me. I was about to give up!
Thanks I had this exact model motor too, this was super useful!
You never answer someone when they ask you about how the wire the capacitor and the washing machine Moto you never reply
Very interesting video. Good clear explanation. I'm retired with time on my hands and am pulling out old motors I've saved through the years to make things. I recently came up with an older GE labeled as 230/460v. can it be wired to run on 110v at lower speed? Just curious. Thanks
You can probably run it on 110 for low torque applications. It will run at the same speed as on the higher voltage, but will have less torque and stall out more easily. Alse be careful that it doesn't overheat if you put any significant load on it.
Can I connect the capacitor and motor to the same feed? It would seem that would have been the way it was connected while used in a washing machine. Thanks.. nice job.
Thanks for the info. I just replaced my burnt up bandsaw motor with an old washing machine motor and it works!
I have this same motor but it will not run in reverse. So, connected to the transmission it just runs like an agitator. But I want this the washer as a spinner.
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WHAT KIND OF CAP ACITOR ARE YOU USING ? PART NUMBER AND CAPACITANCE HELP PLZ.
going to use an old washer motor for a chicken plucker. thanks !
How to connect the capacitor to the motor, please I am asking you.
All European asynchronous motors on older washing machine look like this only we have 5 or 6 wires for connecting . Only thing I can not understand how asynchronous motor can do high speed spin with electric power of ONLY 120 V !? We use here like double 220 to 240 V for regular power supply
this motor can work as a generator?
Nice ohm values for the windings. I"m diagnosing a semi transient fault that leaves my machine dead from the overload protection (only directly after the wash cycle), without a diagram or manual. So I have to piece together the reversing paths in the motor terminal block and timer switches. Your ohm values make sense to me and are a great help since I have another motor I used the brown motor switch / the white centrifugal clutch actuator from a repair tp the machine like 5 years ago.. Thanks - I've figured out I can reset the overload protection by unplugging the 120 volt source and the 24 pin timer terminal, then if I move the timer knob just past the location where the machine hangs and restart the machine, it finishes the cycles and complete to the cycle stop;. So I'm getting closer to understanding the wiring with a lot of help from you and many others piece by piece.
This worked mine just fired up thank you.. but my capacitor just blew up. Smoke just came spraying out the top and I'm jot sure why. If you know let me know please.
Great video!
Will it cause damage or burn out the capacitor to keep it plugged in when working for an extended period of time?
You can leave it in the circuit because the capacitor does not dissipate any power (the voltage is out of phase with the current). Additionally, you probably hear a click as the motor turns on, this is the centrifigal switch disconnecting the starter circuit (with capacitor) so there will be no current flowing through the capacitor once the motor is up to speed!
@@tachionics9925 Exactly, just the click to get the ball rolling and it is disengaged.
@@alchemy1 I can wire it as one with no issues. It will disengage the capacitor once RPM is established ????
@@user-xh6tr9fi2q Let me see if I use imagination to answer my question:
Let me think. hmmm. OKay. If a motor is wired for high torque, lots of windings that are big and thick too to consume more current it would need start capacitor on the start winding which is another winding with thinner wires and perhaps less of it too. Its purpose is when you supply the motor power, it feeds both the regular and this so called start winding and the star winding is in a differet degree location in that round looking stator mechanism. The start winding create higher inductive reactance. A fancy term ( got to have the fancy terms that is right) which is another word for making an electromagnet on the adjacent of the main run winding just for hardly a second. This offset magnet causes the rotor to jerk a little if you well wanted to get drawn towards it while the main winding also is acting as magnet. And in the struggle and distraction the rotor is moving and it has intertia and then you can turn off the start winding but why not make that turning off automatic. And there ways of doing that.
If you don't turn off the start winding, it having thinner coil of wires make it have much higher resistance and higher resistance mean heat. The sucker will get hot... not a good thing.
On the other hand. Some motors that don't need to work hard, to doesn't even need to have capacitor, the start winding and the run winding has less coil of wires. In that case same set up as the above minus the presence of a capacitor.
Something like a fan motor require lot os RPM, but no torque if hardly any.
This set up does not need big fat wires and the start winding is hardly any different that the run winding. The low voltage small capacitance capacitor of a few microfarad can be left in the start winding itself causing the motor to spin much faster just keep tagging at it just a tat. That is all it takes to turn the motor faster.
We can leave the shade motor alone and indulge in the third type of motor below:
Some motors have both start and run capacitors....
Under what circumstances you nhave to to design a motor to perform a task that require both start and run winding capacitor.
What has to be the specification of the windings for that and if there are three pair of coil windings or more or less?....I will that one for your imagination.
Hi got a question for you. Could I wire this wash machine motor for a slow speed. And power it up through the capacitor, using a 12 V battery. Thank you for your time Tim
sir thanks for the well done video...could you please move your hands from view. I am raawing the diagram and the wire connedtions are hidden and you move to another view to quick. Just use your probe please. Very good information.
Hi I have been watching your videos and believe you can help me. I have a washing machine motor part # 3951550 but unsure of the leads. Can y be u please identify them for me. Which should connect to my 3 wire electrical plug and how do I connect them to the capacitor. Want to use motor for a diy sander. Thanks
Hi I have an old washer with an GE motor very similar to the one on the video, motor start and work fine in high speed but when the timer changes to low speed, the motor make noise because it start and stop in a cycle, I saw a video www.appliance-repair-it.com/washer-will-not-work-on-gentle-cycle.html , this is exactly what my washer is doing, they said that is because the low speed winding is bad....I have few questions: 1. the problem could be:1. Motor winding, 2.Motor switch or 3 the timer, I dont have a tester but I will check, the main question is, if the low speed winding is bad, can I disable the low speed?, I thing that if I disconnect the purple wire the slow speed wont work, however the motor may do the same that its doing now, because the starter connection still there, if there any way to disable the low speed?, the washing cycle only uses the slow speed for 2 minutes, but in these 2 minutes is very noisy and the motor gets hot for cycling from start and stop.......thanks...appreciate your help.....
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This is extremely helpful in testing my motor that is still in my washer. The issue I have is the motor just hums and won't start. I made a test wire like yours and found that it won't start through the capacitor unless connected from black to yellow. Red to yellow does nothing. The wiring in the washer is definitely connecting to the red, but it doesn't do anything but hum. I used a multi-meter and have no connectivity from red to yellow, just black to yellow (for the starter capacitor).
It's it possible that the switch is just not working correctly?
Hi. I liked the video, it is very well explained, it helped me a lot, with an electric motor of them. I have a question, how to install a modern engine, and how to get the 3 phase cables. This is the model of the engine, modern. DWS8003SK. regards.
Thanx,i too was amazed that it was exact same as mine. Very unusual and much appreciated. Mebbe I shud head to casino😁 thanx bro
Thanks I'm now running my 6 inch joiner with a found on the road dead washing machine motor... YEAH 👍
Does this moter not have brushes?
I have a motor very similar to this one. My motor does not have a purple wire and there is 1 contact for red/black wires and no more. I am not electrician, just hobby . took from old Kenmore some time ago. How do I wire it,,does it need a capacitor, how to wire it for speed. this is the best video I have found and your explanations are thorough. Thank you.
Awesome video, thanks a million guys! This washer motor is about to become a power source for an old belt drive jointer planner and your video saved me alot of time and guess work.
Video very instructive but I have 1 question. On your vieo red wire appears to be orange. I have all wire except not the orange or red. It is an extra black wire. Do you know what that wire is used for? I am not at all an electrician. I think I can resolve this motor issue.
Thank you for the video. I was able to get my motor started based on your video. Take Care.
Sorry part # is 3951551
Comment any questions you might have about powering up one of these motors and we'll do our best to answer it!
tachionics if I have a washer that is one speed motor and it has no capacitor (older maytg) and its hard starting... Can I add a capacitor into the wiring to help it start?
Is it possible to put additional speed control (like a reostat ) control to slow the speed further below the 1100 rpm it rotates on slow speed? Im
Come to think of it. The coil circuit to the start winding is the Yellow and the black. The reason you hook up the capacitor to the red is that it is the red that is switched by the centrifugal switch so the capacitor can disengage. So if you use the ohmmeter between the yellow and the black it would basically read the resistance to the starting coil.
Any kind heart fellow there could help me how wire and run this samsung washing machine motor was161/AVVA/XST.230/240 50hz. 8MFD 450 VAC From right 1st red wire 2nd red 3rd white 4th yellow 5th light blue 6th dark blue.where connect the capacitor as well
Capacitors increase power. The windings put poles out of phase. The centrifugal switch engages and disengages the start windings. You can hear it go from the run windings back to the start windings as it slows down in the beginning of your video "click".
Anyone help me please
I want to know about capacitor.
Can someone help me please, what is the type and size uf of capacitor for the motor with
Voltage 230V
3.5 Amp
50-60 Hz
750 watts
16000 rpm
www.ktool.net/mars-11952-round-motor-start-capacitor-216-259-mfd-220-250v/?msclkid=4963b13ac3dd1233d6aeec85b5997112&**LP%20Shop%20-%20MARS&C%20Mars%20%7C%2011952%20Round%20Motor%20Start%20Capacitor%20216-259%20Mfd%20220%2F250v%20%7C%20%245.79
I have no Violet wire so how do I connect for low speed? Far Leftut to right (Black) (NO Violet) (WBlk)(Blue)(Yellow)(NO Wire but connects to Earth)(White)(NO Wire)(Blank)(Red seems to be internal)
Our motor also did not have a red wire, just a terminal labeled red which connects to black through the RPM switch. I am not certain about your particular wiring scheme, but the surest way to determine which terminals connect to which windings is to test the resistance as shown starting at 7:25 in the video. If your motor came from something other than a washing machine (such as a clothes dryer) it's possible it only has one winding. Check for RPM ratings; if there is only one stated RPM it is probably a one winding motor.
The brakes system how do you disconnect it or will the motor work without it causing a problem
Your wires are not real clear in the pictures. My motor has different color wires. Wher does the other wires in the gray cord hook to?
thanks this video helps me the best I have seen
wich speed is best to use on a chicken pickher
Best video I found actually telling you how to hook it up thanks
Excelent video ,thank you; you been very helpful ;greetings from Uruguay
Would I wire a blender motor the same way. I have a multimeter so the resistance info was great to know. It has a tiny cap but I believe it is a brushed universal motor but I payed no attention when taking it apart and it has an external bloc to add wires and some have 2 winding wires and a few one. Any help would be great. If you need more info let me know as well. Thank you so much and great vid.
Mine does not have a capacitor. How do you wire it now?
Could u explain the wiring to the compositor? I’m a little confused
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Was that a FSP / Kenmore motor?
wire connecting not clear
Thank you so much in the whole entire UA-cam you video was the one to helped me wire my motor! Once again thank you
I want to use a motor like this for a project. It would be easier for me if I don't use the capacitor, can I do this for long term? I would be able to hand spin it immediately after powering it on. I actually could turn it before I flip the switch with the setup I'm going with.
That shouldn't be a problem. The motor just draws more current if its not spinning and therefore things can melt if it isn't started soon. But a few seconds, even repeatedly, won't harm it.
You say "old" and "new" motors. What is considered "old" and "new?"
If it has connections similar to the one in the video it should be fine. It's only the higher end machines since maybe 2012 that might use a three phase motor.
What can course electric motor if it know working
best video ever lol I have 2 motors exactly like this now I can use both if them
excellent video i found a motor with no capacitor. your video helped me so much but what size capacitor does that motor use i have a 1/2 hp 120v 60hz 80amp 1725/1140rpm
If your motor is 1/2 horsepower I assume you meant 8.0 amps, in which case a capacitor like the link below would work (they tend to be in the 200 to 300 microFarad range.) But also be careful because you cannot use a regular electrolytic capacitor laying around because they cannot be reverse charged like what is required of a start capacitor. If you can find the motor part number you can find the exact model replacement capacitor for your motor and it will probably run better than just choosing an approximately correctly sized capacitor.
www.repairclinic.com/PartDetail/Universal-Washing-Machine-Capacitor/131212301/406742?ss=a11b192i1142&TLSID=1779&Ref=611198&gclid=CjwKEAiA_p_FBRCRi_mW5Myl4S0SJAAkezZrZWRvhJnUt0G8gj51aY8Uf6RjHKGvwMmP9NdvxsuD3hoC9orw_wcB
in my washing machine motor one winding is damaged by screw driver malfunctioning can i make use of the motor for other purpose without repairing the winding
Is there such thing where this type motor has no capacitor or it is built in where you can't see it? Also do you provide schematics showing the wiring that you could share? By the way, excellent video and presentation.
Thanks
A lot of smaller motors do not have starter capacitors (such as most dryer motors) but I am not sure about washing machines without a starter cap. If you plug the motor in and it just makes a humming noise without moving (it's first of all not very good for the motor so don't leave it plugged in long) but that is also an indication that the motor should have a starter capacitor that isn't hooked up. As for the schematics, we'll try to get a link to where you can find them in the description soon.
tachionics it would be of great assistance to a lot of people I think to have a schematic of this an lots more motors. it is mind boggling that it is so difficult for hobbiest like myself to be able to wire these motors. I realize every motor is different but when you just have a few wires sticking out and no schematic its hard to know what each wire does. Help, Help, Help!!!
There is a schematic drawing in the video about 1/2 way through
Some of these washers have the capacity installed up right behind the controls.
TFiveD some of the older one speed maytag washer mother's had no capacitor
Hi, what about capacitor, how microfarads?
It's around 200 uF (micro-Farads).
thank you, congratulation for this vidio
how to use on low with out the capacitor ? also will it need a push like on high? have the same motor
Without the capacitor it will need a push at either speed. You can run the motor as shown in the video without a starter capacitor for all speeds and directions, it will just need a push to get started. Also the motor can run either direction without the starter capacitor, it just depends on which way you push it.
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big mess... how can you see the wires connected
cant really see how you have the start cap hooked up.. but i did figure out how to get it running from ur vid... ur wire are a little different.. ur white is my orange... and the blue and yellow or swapped
Thanks. Very helpful.
Very good
I have an amana washing machine that does not have a capacitor - 2 speed. Always needs a nudge to start. Did not need that while in the machine. What gives?
I suspect you had a capacitor that was mounted somewhere in the washing machine.
It sure doesn't have one
May i use taht type of motor at the beginning for a band saw?
Depending on the size of bandsaw, I don't see why not. (I know the bandsaw motor for one in a shop I work at uses a 2 hp motor, so it may be a little underpowered)
Mathis Wandel builds bandsaws regularly. in states in the plans that 1/3 hp min to max 2 hp. 1/2 should be enough for most users depending on if you are resawing