Re: OT Motor Salvage 3 Phase 6 Wire - PICTURE

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx>]

"Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I have a Leland 6273 3 phase 240 V motor I am trying to figure out how to
> hook up.
>
> It has 6 black wires coming out of the motor.
>
> It also has 2 much smaller brown wires coming out that were just tied out
> of
> the way to the lifting ring.  I suspect those were for a tach or possible
> a
> heat sensor.
>
> It just has paper labels on the black wires, and they look like they were
> put on by somebody who tried to figure out the motor in the past.  They do
> not match up with any of the three phase wiring numbers/ letters standards
> I've been able to find.  I want to hook it to a VFD for testing.  Since
> the
> data plate says it will operate from 6-130 HZ and lists a range of RPM
> from
> 96 to 3680 that tells me was probably intended to operate off of VFD in
> the
> first place.
>
> Is there any practical way using a meter to determine which wires to pair
> up
> to connect to 3 connections on the VFD?



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Yeah, I know I have a couple broken blades on the cooling fan.  There was a
dent in the top motor cover.  I have already done the CAD and layout to cut
a new fan if I have to on the smaller machine.  Probably cut a hub, cut
blades separately, and then weld them into slots on the hub.