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Wiring diagram appears on side of unit. With wire colors. Capacitor: each electric motor has a run-winding and a start-winding with capacitor. Both windings receive power. The start-winding gets a surge of power from the capacitor > and this starts the motor. The run-winding brings motor up to full speed. Copy following link for motor resources: http://waterheatertimer.org/Color-codewire.html#motor
on the motor should be a diagram detailing the wires. brown white goes to either side of the capacitor and brown wire to other side of capacitor. hi speed goes to normally open contact on the indoor fan relay and the wire designated common on the motor goes to the other side of power from the relay contacts.
For one, thank you for posting all the info, it really helps! On your new motor, the white has became your purple, black is black, and your brown/brown and white wires go to each side of the new capacitor, there should only be 2 terminals. You can leave the "Fan" terminal blank on the old capacitor now. Just be sure to attach the new capacitor somewhere secure, they are smaller, but can be a pain. So just to recap: Black is still black. White is what purple used to be (Com) Brown on 1 side of new capacitor Brown/White on opposite side of new capacitor.
Is it going to run on 230V then? If so you would normally use red and black. The white wire should be a neutral and the ground wire is obviously ground.
Do you have a meter you can use to confirm the voltage between the wires? If you do you'll want to start with red and white since you seem to think black was not being used before. If the voltage reads 230 and the motor is set up for 230 then attach one wire to L1 and the other to L2...it will not matter which is connected where as long as one is on each terminal. Insulate the black and ground the ground lead to the motor ground screw.
If the voltage is not 230 between those two check between red and black. If that is the 230 then insulate white and put red and black to L1 and L2.
That is correct...if you have done that and still have problems post a comment that includes a description of what is happening and the motor model and serial number for further assistance.
Thank you for posting your question here on Fixya.com. White is common, Black high speed, blue medium speed, red low speed; Brown wires are for the capacitor; The remaining 4 are for selecting the rotation. For details look at the AOSmith print here. If this answer does not fix your problem, please comment with additional details prior to rating the answer. Positive feedback is appreciated once your problem is solved! John
green wire cut off if motor is held on with metal bracket.white/yellow to contactor,black to other side contactor. brown/wht to fan on capacitor,brown to common on contactor NOT HERM.
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