European motor ????

[Badasssapper67]

I bought a lathe and when trying to get power to it I noticed that coming out of the motor was two blue wires, a brown wire, a white wire, and a ground.
The brown and white wire then are attaced to an outlet receptical and the blue wires go to the switch that turns the lathe on.
Then at the motor there are two black wires taped off together, dont know if theyre attached or not, and the two blue wires go on a black wire each.
So there are four wires coming out of the motor, two are taped together and the other two are hooked to a blue wire.
The lathe ran before I purchased it but Im not sure how to hook it up. It's a dual voltage motor 115-230 and it was running on a 220 circuit.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[wyliesdiesels]

Doesnt sound european to me.

Typical split phase motor with 4 leads.

Hookup each winding in parallel for 120v operation and in series for 240v operation.

Is there a nameplate on the motor?

And if it was running in the US, the voltage wouldve been 240v NOT 220v which hasnt been in use for decades.

 

[yeldogt]

What kind of lathe -- was/ is VS?

 

[cybrdyke]

Some european systems are 50Hz, not 60Hz.
CD

 

[Norcal]

Some european systems are 50Hz, not 60Hz.
CD

All are 50 Hz as is most of the world.

 

[cybrdyke]

All are 50 Hz as is most of the world.

but not usa, correct?

 

[ducksface]

Brown is black, and hooks to brass.
Your brown European wire goes to your black USA wire which goes to brass terminal on switches and plugs. The white is obvious.
I can't help you with the rest, but just about anyone here with a well pump can tell you 110v hookup VS 220. (since we don't know the age of the motors instruction plate we'll not get into 110 vs 120 illegimtate argument)

Or. I'm horribly wrong.
Advice from Cyberdyke is flawless.
Follow her in all circumstance.

 

[KRB52]

but not usa, correct?

US is 60Hz.

 

[Norcal]

but not usa, correct?

Your post made it made is sound like part of Europe was not 50 Hz, they are like most of the world, primary 60 Hz users are North America but there are others.

Some european systems are 50Hz, not 60Hz.
CD

 

[TRWham]

Japan is both. Saudi Arabia is 60 Hz. Caribbean, Central and South America mostly 60 Hz. Brazil and S Korea 60 Hz, but 220/380 voltage as you find in most of Europe. Motors don't usually care, except they run slower and produce less horsepower on 50 Hz than 60. I can tell you it complicates life when you build and sell electric motors around the world.

 

[Milton Shaw]

East coast of Japan is US standard 240 two wire 120 each 60 cycle. The west coast of Japan is European standard 240 volt one wire 50 cycle. This difference is what created such a problem with they had the earthquake wave that destroyed the east coast power main producer. In the US and Canada national grid the load could be picked up without a problem and not many people would be without power. No so in Japan. Makes me appreciate the US even more, at least our power is the same coast to coast..

 

[MFolks]

Thailand had 50Hz when I was there in the late 60's via the Air Force,I'd have a day off and go downtown to the Foremost Ice Cream store, and listen to US rock music played at 50Hz,kind slowed down,but still understandable.

 

[walta]

If this motor was intended for use only in Europe it would not be rated for 115 volts.

Please post a photo of the tag on the motor and the wires you are asking about.
What make and model lathe do you have?

Walta

 

[MBfreak]

Dual frequency countries are quite easy to interconnect. A back to back AC/DC/AC system will solve some of the problems. Not all though, solid state converters , even in the many hundred MW region have low short circuit capacity. That ***** for network stability. But to power up a part of the country that lost its one freq network thru the converter from the other frequency network is done. India is a prime example. I do not know abt Japan, but they have one of the best run power grids in the world up there with the UK and France. I believe Japan has now installed back/back converters.
And Saudi is dual frequency. I worked with both systems there.

BR
Ola

 

[Stuart in MN]

I'd wait on all the speculation about 50 or 60 hz (which won't make all that much difference anyway) until the original poster provides more information.