Hello,
I have a nice WEC 3 phase motor circa 1998 which says on the plate that it's 400V - no mention of 240. However when I took the cover off the connection box the terminals and wires are exactly as I would expect to find in a dual voltage motor. There are 6 wires going into the motor and they're laid out in the normal way connected by bars. The layout of the wires is identical to the dual voltage layout (u1 is opposite w2 etc) and there are even 3 connection bars in the box where only 2 are necessary for the existing wiring.
I suspect that it is a dual voltage motor - which suits me just fine because that's what I need, but does anyone know of a way to verify this?
Has anyone come across this before? I can see why a manufacturer might make all their motors dual voltage but label some as single voltage, after all the data on the plate is correct for the wiring as supplied.
Thanks
I have a nice WEC 3 phase motor circa 1998 which says on the plate that it's 400V - no mention of 240. However when I took the cover off the connection box the terminals and wires are exactly as I would expect to find in a dual voltage motor. There are 6 wires going into the motor and they're laid out in the normal way connected by bars. The layout of the wires is identical to the dual voltage layout (u1 is opposite w2 etc) and there are even 3 connection bars in the box where only 2 are necessary for the existing wiring.
I suspect that it is a dual voltage motor - which suits me just fine because that's what I need, but does anyone know of a way to verify this?
Has anyone come across this before? I can see why a manufacturer might make all their motors dual voltage but label some as single voltage, after all the data on the plate is correct for the wiring as supplied.
Thanks