[TheForge] odd ball electric plug

[Ron Childers]

Steve, it could be a commercial HVAC 230 volt blower. How big is it?  You could try the hot wire in the flat blade and the white wire to the left one and the green wire in the round one on the bottom. Use a solid wire so you can double it for a tight fit. You can also run the black wire in series with a circuit breaker in case it shorts out so as not to trip the breaker in your shop. It may possibly work  on 115 volts but will draw twice the amperage as it would on 230 volts.  Look at the color of the wires; the 230 wires are red, yellow and blue depending upon the application whether it may have a thermal limiter switch. Why not run a 230 line to it? Send me photos of the motor and the plug and I can email them to KCW Electric in Tallahassee. They are my answer guys. If there are some motor shops or a tech school in the swamp they could tell you by looking at it. Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Steve Bloom
Sent: Monday, May 16, 2016 1:18 PM
To: TheForge <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TheForge] odd ball electric plug

Greetings all --

Run into something and though I would ask the collective brain for some help.  A friend contributed a squirrel-cage blower to my shop but the plug is unlike anything I've seen.  Looking down the bore, there is the usual round peg at the normal ground position (6 o'clock), the usual flat blade at 3 o'clock, and another round peg at 9 o'clock instead of a blade.  There are no labels, ID info, etc. on the housing. European? DC? 
Before I hook it up to a 120V line and release the magic smoke, I thought I would ask.


steve


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