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Post# 116296   3/19/2006 at 17:15 (6,583 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I changed the motor on my A206 this afternoon. The original motor has an internal start switch. The spare has an external start switch. I connected the wires per the color coding on the start switch, best as I can determine, and the darn thing won't run, trips the circuit breaker. Does that mean the spare motor may be bad? Or am I not seeing the color codes correctly?

Clockwise from left: Orange, Black, White, Brown, Red, Yellow.





Post# 116301 , Reply# 1   3/19/2006 at 17:48 (6,583 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Looks like it's wired correctly.

kennyGF


Post# 116308 , Reply# 2   3/19/2006 at 18:29 (6,583 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Wired as shown, it hums on low speed, doesn't run. High speed immediately trips the breaker. Bad motor? Bad start switch? What continuity should be read with a meter across the various terminals?

Post# 116330 , Reply# 3   3/19/2006 at 20:13 (6,583 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Glen why did you change the motor, did the original motor trip the breaker as well?

Post# 116336 , Reply# 4   3/19/2006 at 20:37 (6,583 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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Original motor does not trip breaker. Low speed won't start on the original motor. Doesn't do anything, not even hum. It does run on low speed *if* high speed gets going first -- get it going on high speed, then quickly switch to the Gentle Action button. High speed on the original motor works fine. The speed switch is OK, I reversed the wires with the original motor, the low-speed problem moves along.

Mayken4now/Steve brought the spare motor last December when we had the mini wash-in.


Post# 116350 , Reply# 5   3/19/2006 at 21:52 (6,583 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Does the motor on the A906 work OK? Can't you just play with that? It has a panel light... ;-)

Sounds like you might need another motor for this one.



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