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Originally Posted by thingstodo
...So I think I'll take apart the 3 motors that I have that are 5 HP as well as the one that is 40 HP and see if the coils ARE in series, and ARE easy to identify...
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The 5 HP, 230/460V motors look promising so far. They already have 9 leads brought out to the motor junction box. Both ends of 12 coils would be 24 wires, so I would need to figure out a few things, cut some of the coil bindings apart and spend some time investigating.
These motors are 36 slot. There are two layers of coils, and all of the wires come out on the same side as the motor junction box. There is room to pull through more wires into the motor junction box, but there is already a potting compound to seal up the motor. Not hard to remove, just a bit of a pain.
I guess I'll have to see how interested I am when I've got the rest of the testing done.