Hi all,
I have removed a washing machine motor from a Simpson Riviera 306 washing machine. I wish to power it with 12-24V DC. In turn it will power a belt driven vintage water pump which I am converting to be solar powered. There are many videos on youtube and advice how to's written for washing machine motors, but none of them show the specific motor that I have. It's from quite an old machine.
There are only 3 wires that run off the motor into the plug. They are Red, White and Blue. From the rear of the motor there is an earth wire (green and yellow). Initially I just tried connecting the red and blue wires together, then running a positive to the joined red and blue wires and a negative to the white wire (12V power). I tried this because I read that here: repurpose a washing machine motor all about circuits
This resulted in a noise from the motor but no movement. When I disconnect power the motor pulley jerks for perhaps 1/4". If i spin the motor by hand when power is applied there is resistance.
So It didn't really work. Then I thought perhaps I have a capacitor type motor, so I went and looked at the machine body and pulled off a few parts. To be honest none of them look like capacitors, although I should say my electronics knowledge is rudimentary. I did try hooking up the red and blue wires to the plugs (on the what could be a capacitor pictured) and then connecting positive to one terminal of the capacitor and negative to the white wire.
This resulted in the same as above, tiny little movement when power is disconnected but no spinning up.
What I would like to achieve is successful connection to 12v (initially). At least so I know it works. Then I will likely try to run it off solar directly. Long term plan would be a solar panel, battery etc.
I sure would appreciate any help on this, thanks in advance!
I'm not that electronically minded but I can generally figure out 12/24v problems eventually.
I have removed a washing machine motor from a Simpson Riviera 306 washing machine. I wish to power it with 12-24V DC. In turn it will power a belt driven vintage water pump which I am converting to be solar powered. There are many videos on youtube and advice how to's written for washing machine motors, but none of them show the specific motor that I have. It's from quite an old machine.
There are only 3 wires that run off the motor into the plug. They are Red, White and Blue. From the rear of the motor there is an earth wire (green and yellow). Initially I just tried connecting the red and blue wires together, then running a positive to the joined red and blue wires and a negative to the white wire (12V power). I tried this because I read that here: repurpose a washing machine motor all about circuits
This resulted in a noise from the motor but no movement. When I disconnect power the motor pulley jerks for perhaps 1/4". If i spin the motor by hand when power is applied there is resistance.
So It didn't really work. Then I thought perhaps I have a capacitor type motor, so I went and looked at the machine body and pulled off a few parts. To be honest none of them look like capacitors, although I should say my electronics knowledge is rudimentary. I did try hooking up the red and blue wires to the plugs (on the what could be a capacitor pictured) and then connecting positive to one terminal of the capacitor and negative to the white wire.
This resulted in the same as above, tiny little movement when power is disconnected but no spinning up.
What I would like to achieve is successful connection to 12v (initially). At least so I know it works. Then I will likely try to run it off solar directly. Long term plan would be a solar panel, battery etc.
I sure would appreciate any help on this, thanks in advance!
I'm not that electronically minded but I can generally figure out 12/24v problems eventually.