Okay so i have a food processor motor but i cant find a wiring diagram and would need help how to wire it to work as a generator or just as a on off motor.

 

How many wires does it have? What are the resistances between these wires?
Normally, these are Universal Series motors with the number of wires = 1 + number of speeds.

 

Should be four wires, two for the field windings , two for the brushes, put them all in Series , to reverse direction swap the brushes round.

 

Should be four wires, two for the field windings , two for the brushes, put them all in Series , to reverse direction swap the brushes round.

Ill have to check which is which when i find my own multimeter.

 

I would imagine a food processor is just wired for one direction, it will not work as a (DC) generator without some changes, you would need to feed the field separately with a DC power, the armature should then generate when rotated.
As it is, it will run on DC or AC.
Max,

 

How many wires does it have? What are the resistances between these wires?
Normally, these are Universal Series motors with the number of wires = 1 + number of speeds.

I cant measure the resistance right now but will do later next week. 5 cables. Red, yellow, black, white and brown. 4 cables seem to be attached to the field windings. I guess the different speed settings. The black one looks to be attached in a few places

 

I would imagine a food processor is just wired for one direction, it will not work as a (DC) generator without some changes, you would need to feed the field separately with a DC power, the armature should then generate when rotated.
As it is, it will run on DC or AC.
Max,

Yea i saw somewhere that you need to put power to the field windings.

 

Its looks like the white and s black wire could be attached to the brushes

 

Yea i saw somewhere that you need to put power to the field windings.

Also make it shunt connected, at present it will be series field.
It will require a much lower DC voltage to operate in shunt motor/generator.
Max.

 

And for some reasone the red looks to be wired to the field and the brush.

 

Also make it shunt connected, at present it will be series field.
It will require a much lower DC voltage to operate in shunt motor/generator.
Max.

do you know what this component could be? The front seems to be from a brand called klixon

 

Thermal sensor that opens up on over heat.
Max.

 

View attachment 228037View attachment 228038do you know what this component could be? The front seems to be from a brand called klixon

I guess it would be some sort of temperature protection thingy

 

Ok 5 wires, take a bigger pictures so we can see it all , .

 

Ok 5 wires, take a bigger pictures so we can see it all , .

white cable is connected to a brush and the red one is connected to the other one. Red seems to have a connection to the black cable also connected to the temp. Protection component.

 

Red is also connected to the field winding. White isnt.

 

The black wire goes through the thermal sensor to one of the armature brushes.
The other is the red wire to the field, the other side of the field should be connected to the other brush.
Looks like the yellow is the other field?
So red & blk is the applied power ?
The bottom line is both armature and field should both end up in series.
Max.

 

The black wire goes through the thermal sensor to one of the armature brushes.
The other is the red wire to the field, the other side of the field should be connected to the other brush.
Looks like the yellow is the other field?
So red & blk is the applied power ?
The bottom line is both armature and field should both end up in series.
Max.

The white one is the other brush and yellow and brown are attached to the other field.

 

How would i power this to see if it works properly. I guess i could just plug it into the wall but it doesnt sound very safe. Ill probably have to find a switch for it also

 

There is two filed wingdings Some are wired Field -armature- field. all in series, ensure you connect the two field up so they are wound in the same direction as below.
In some cases the armature is between the filelds, others the armature is after both fields.
Max.