i got this 120 volt ac with 4 wires motor and it'll go for like 5 seconds and then it'll stop spinning for about 30 seconds and then it'll spin for 5 and the process will be repeated, any ideas on why this might be happening or how to fix it?
You have a thermal breaker in the motor. When it gets to hot it will trip and shut off. After it cools down the breaker closes and the motor starts back up. If it is heating up that fast, you have other issues, RE:too much load on the motor, bearings going, not wired correctly or maybe even the thermal breaker is weak. Most motors have a wire diagram on the plate that will indicate proper ccw or cw connections as well as the Tc or Tr which is the internal thermal breaker.
