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how to hook up electrical engine with 5 wires (brown brown white blue red))?

hi. i have old westinghouse garage door electrical engine. I would like to make a winch but dont know how to hook it up. it has capacitor and 5 wires. brown brown white blue red. please give me some ideas how to hook it up. thx.

Answer:

those wires control the speed of the motor and you will be happier to go to a small motor repair store and get some help in learning the sequence of the wiring . put masking tape on each wire and number the wire and take a note pad so when you are
I will take a look and edit this post. Remember these motors are usually intermittant duty so they overheat quickly. The caps are rated at 20 starts an hour. White is neutral. Red and blue are to the cap and are the rotation wires.

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