I have worked with all kinds of motors practically all my life, and have always used the definition of CW/CCW as when one is looking into the driving shaft.
Recently I had cause to purchase two small fan motors from my local motor vendor and the box specified CCW, I realized afterword I needed CW.
Before returning them I hooked them up and they Were in fact (to me) CW.
Evidently now there are two conventions for motor direction making it rather redundant.
http://www.formtime.com.hk/cgi-bin/main.cgi?content=faq.htm#rotation
The motors I purchased did not state the viewed direction.
Max.
Recently I had cause to purchase two small fan motors from my local motor vendor and the box specified CCW, I realized afterword I needed CW.
Before returning them I hooked them up and they Were in fact (to me) CW.
Evidently now there are two conventions for motor direction making it rather redundant.
http://www.formtime.com.hk/cgi-bin/main.cgi?content=faq.htm#rotation
The motors I purchased did not state the viewed direction.
Max.