[TheForge] Changing electric motor from 460 to 230 3 phases

[John Husvar]

On 12/24/07 10:12 PM, "SRiverF at aol.com" <SRiverF at aol.com> wrote:

> Can anyone tell me the best way to change a  460 motor to 230 3 phases
>  

_IF_ it's  a dual-voltage motor with _9_ leads:

Connect 1 & 7 to L1, 2 & 8 to L2, 3 & 9 to L3 and connect 4,5,6 together.
(That's for ordinary three-phase, squirrel-cage, induction motors.) To
reverse rotation, reverse any two line leads, the "L" above.

Other connection schemes may be found at many web sites for many motor
types. Search for motor connection diagram. They've got a million of 'em! :)