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Washing machine motor with 6 wires
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soldar:
I dunno but I think I see some resemblance between that page and your case.
--- Quote ---Usually the washing machines have 2 pairs of windings (one for the centrifuge and one for the slow rotation). In the example here below, the 3 terminals above were used for slow rotation and 3 for centrifuge.
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matn1:
I made the assumption that I have simply distinct common wires, and that worked!
Thanks.

Thus, wiring:

1 -> AC (that seems to be the common wire for low speed, since it has the same resistance to both 2 and 3)
2 -> AC & capacitor
3 -> capacitor

Makes the motor spin. I assume I can revert 2 and 3 to change the direction of rotation.

Thanks again!
Mat
amyk:
I suggest finding the service manual or at least a wiring diagram of a machine that used this motor.
soldar:

--- Quote from: matn1 on March 16, 2019, 06:23:04 pm --- Thus, wiring:

1 -> AC (that seems to be the common wire for low speed, since it has the same resistance to both 2 and 3)
2 -> AC & capacitor
3 -> capacitor

Makes the motor spin. I assume I can revert 2 and 3 to change the direction of rotation.
--- End quote ---

That sounds right. I would be careful with the high speed windings though because they have quite different resistance and I think probably it is meant to be connected with the capacitor in a certain way and maybe cannot be reversed. You could start out by testing with an incandescent lightbulb in series and see what information you can deduce.
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