"Easy
Method for Connecting Motors:""Easy
Method for Connecting Motors:"
From: D. Cramer electrk@dslextreme.com
How to correctly connect high or low voltages to typical three phase motors.
I found using the "11" rule is very handy. It goes as follows:
For low voltage connections
A typical three phase motor has 9 wires to be connected, typically numbered T1 - T9.
All Connections have three wires connected together.
1. Connect 4, 5 and 6 together. ( three wires )2. Connect 7 and 1 together. THINK OF THIS AS 71. Connect one phase here. ( three wires )3. Add 11 to 71 ( 71 + 11 = 82 )4. Therefore 8 and 2 are connected together. THINK OF THIS AS 82. Connect one phase here. ( three wires )5. Add 11 to 82 ( 82 + 11 = 93 )6. Therefore 9 and 3 are connected together. THINK OF THIS AS 93. ( three wires )
For high voltage connections
A typical three phase motor has 9 wires to be connected, typically numbered T1 - T9.
All connections have two wires connected together.
1. Connect one phase to 1. ( two wires )2. Connect one phase to 2. ( two wires )3. Connect one phase to 3. ( two wires )4. Connect 4 and 7 together. THINK OF THIS AS 47. ( two wires )5. Add 11 to 47 ( 47 + 11 = 58 ).6. Therefore 5 and 8 are connected together. THINK OF THIS AS 58. ( two wires )7. Add 11 to 58 ( 58 + 11 = 69 )Therefore 6 and 9 are connected together. THINK OF THIS AS 69. ( two wires )
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