old GE single phase motor wiring diagram - Electric motors & generators engineering (2024)

Hi Tmoose
I have a motor wiring diag which is possibly what you are looking for, but having difficulty posting it on the message page. I've scanned it & saved it as a .jpeg file.

I have followed the instructions regarding uploading the file to ENGINEERING.com but no success.
Any ideas?

it is a little tricky sometimes.

You have to know where the jpg is saved. I normally save right to the "desktop" cause its easier to find than digging down thru folders off "my documents" etc, etc.The scanning software may default to saving it almost anywhere.

Off to the right of "Step 3 attachment" is a link that saye "or upload your file to ENGINEERING.com" . Then "choose file" and you have to navigate to where the scanned jpg is. Note a "desktop" icon is off to the left, so you can go there directly, if that is where the file is stored.slide the scroll bar over until you can see the file you want and click on it to select it, then click on "open". The previous screen should open, with your selected file name to the right of "select file" button on the left.Click on the "upload file" button on the right, and a new window shoulg give you a blue link to upload file to your post, or something like that.then fill in the wstep 1 message window, and finally click on submit post.

• http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=ee1e907b-0a4b-4445-a65e-e8

Hope this works

RonLatheMotor.jpg

• http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=9e468a79-a8a9-48ef-a435-2d

The picture file came through fine.

thanks Gattie

Dan T

The 11 wires suggests its a 3 phase motor, based on a variety of dual voltage wiring info on the 'Net.

However The link below mentions a 1.5 HP motor running on 110/220 (certainly single phase). The firstfirst 6 characters in the model number (5KC184) are the same as mine.The I'll look harder at the mutilated name plate to see ifphase info is still there. http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.crafts.metalworking/2007-12/msg01506.html.

When I ran the motor solo on 110 and it drew ~ 1/2 nameplate that seemed "normal" to me. Of course with no load it was not much of a test.Seems I've been around larger 3ph motors that ran single phase when a fuse blew, sometimes with no obvious symptoms, sometimes humming real loud

It's starting to look like a 5 HP snowblower engine "from stock" may be a more practical means of powering this compressor, as often as I'll be using it.

Dan T

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The 11 wires suggests its a 3 phase motor, based on a variety of dual voltage wiring info on the 'Net.

Only if two of the leads come from a protection device. The power leads are in multiples of three.
3 leads
6 leads (common in IEC land)
9 leads. (common in NEMA land)
10 leads (Generators only, never motors)
12 leads (rare, often special purpose motors)

Bill
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FLA= Full load amps (running) 9.5amps vs 10amps is about right

the 19.5 is the starting surge and normally about double the running amps.

by the way, single phasing a 3ph motor makes it over heat and reduces the hp/torque rating not a good practice.

believe you have a single phase motor so that sould not be a concern