How to connect the drum motor

Mar 27, 2023|

How to connect the drum motor? Under normal circumstances, the power connection method of the drum motor you purchase can be divided into two types: single-phase motor and three-phase motor.

The drum motor is connected to a single-phase motor

The single-phase motor outlet is 5. 【Brown, black, white, blue】These 4 colors of the line are connected to the zero line and the live line! The starting capacitor needs to be connected between the brown and black lines, and the [yellow-green] line is the ground wire.

The drum motor is connected to a three-phase motor

The three-phase motor outlet is 4, and the three [brown, black, blue] correspond to L1L2L3; [yellow-green] is also the ground line.

Drum motor with red and yellow wire

Some drum motors have an extra red wire and a yellow wire ... So, what is the use of these two wires? In fact, these two wires are the drum motor overheating protection switch, the principle is that after the drum motor heat reaches a certain temperature in normal operation, the overheating protection device will start, cut off the power switch, so as to achieve the purpose of protecting the motor.

The above wiring methods can be rotated forward and reverse. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, friendly reminder: the ground wire must be connected.

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