Recent content by jewellboy

I'll have to keep looking for the rings, checked at HD and they did not have the correct size. I work for True Value's corp office, so maybe I can find it in out warehouse. As far as the start winding being turned off goes, I "think" I can hear the c.s. click as the motor begins to wind down...

Success!!!! Moved the wires around, which made perfect sense other than that one empty space on the c.s., and she fired right up. The motor still hums quite loudly, but I am soooooo happy that the thing finally lives! Now all I have to do is find a source for 7/8" compression rings and figure...

Just took that back plate off and snapped some more pics. It looks like the c.s. has three leads hooked to it, which confuses me as everything I've seen points to it only having two.

Okay, first for the resistance readings.. the new wire is connected straight from cap out to the T1+Line connection. Once disconnected from both the cap and the T1+Line connection it (obviously) shows an open line when tested with either T5 or T8 (since the "new" wire is no longer connected to...

T5, T8 and the new wire all have continuity. The new wire being hooked to T1 (not sure if I made that clear or not) now causes all of the wires to be continuous to one another when tested. If I tape the new wire, then there will be nothing connected to one side of the cap, as the new wire...

All of the conditions of your previous post were met when I tested the wires except: When I tested T5 and T8 they not only had continuity to one another but also each had continuity with the new wire... Also, is there a wrong way to hook up the cap? Just did a little more thinking... According...

Okay, I took a few more pics this morning. I also tested the wires coming out of the mag starter with my dmm and found that when I turn the pressure switch on, 240v does indeed flow thru to the motor end of the wire. The extra wire that I was talking about is the one with the white tape on it...

T5 and T8 are both present. The extra wire is attached to the T1 wire along with the wire coming up from the mag starter. T5 and T8 are also switched per the diagram for counter clockwise rotation. I just went out and had a look at the cap and it is a Vangaurd BC 705S which according to this...

According to the diagram on the side of the motor, the wiring is correct for 220 (the individual wires are actually numbered on the jacket). Strangely, however, there is one more wire coming out of the motor than there should be. This additional wire is newer than the others and connects...

Time to resurrect an old thread... I finally got around to wiring this compressor today. I travel a lot for work, so this is the first time I've had a chance and was motivated. I used the diagrams and advice I got in this thread, checked everything three times and plugged it in. The motor...

How do you like your 310? I've owned this one for almost ten years, but thru a series of events, have never actually used it myself. I'm thinking that there won't be much that I will need in my garage that it can't do, but I would be interested to hear your take on it.

Thanks for the reply J. The unit is definately old. I actually got the whole setup for free from someone that was told "It's gonna cost more to fix it than this thing is worth" Obviously they didn't how much these things go for. Neither did I, at the time. The compressor has been completely...

Figured out the embedding thing, but I'll just post the link to the gallery with all the full size pics if anyone cares to check them out. http://cid-3cf9e38d80c3b080.skydrive.live.com/browse.aspx/Public/Compressor

Here's a few more pics. Cant seem to figure out how to embed the larger versions. The motor is definately wired for 220. The cord has the proper 6-20 plug on it for the receptacle - it's 12 ga and I can easily change it to 10 if needed. The last couple of pics are the stickers that are on...

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