[SEL] 208V motor

[Richard Strobel]

Andy..look again at the spec sheet as it says 1-phase...also click on the 
"wiring".  I don't see any reason why you can't hook an earth ground to the 
case of the motor.

Good Luck,
RickinMt.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Glines" <andyglines at hotmail.com>
To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] 208V motor


>
> > 27. Re: 208V motor (Curt)> From: Curt <curt at imc-group.com>> Subject: Re: 
> > [SEL] 208V motor> Andy,> Connect it to the 220v and it will run just 
> > fine. You will be over > voltage by a mere 6%. You can reduce the heater 
> > protection by 5% > (208/220) as it will pull 95% of the nameplate 
> > current, but not really > necessary.> Curt Holland> Gastonia, NC> > > 
> > Andy Glines wrote:> > I have a 208V 1 phase motor for my sandblast 
> > cabinet. I am used to seeing 220/240V 1 ph but this 208 is new to me. 
> > How do I connect this motor to a standard household box?> > > > here is 
> > the motor that I want to use.> > > > 
> > http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2008012310074489&item=10-1010&catname=electric> >
> The motors that I am familiar with have two hot wires and a neutral.  The 
> wiring instructions with this motor show hooking up two hot only.  There 
> is no neutral????  The name plate does indicate that it is a 1ph motor.
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