Today I will tell and show you how to correctly connect an electric motor from a modern washing machine to a 220 V AC network.
I would like to say right away that such engines do not need a starting capacitor. All you need is the correct connection and the engine will spin in the direction you want.
Washing machine motors are commutator motors. In my case, the connection block has six wires, in yours there may only be four.
This is what she looks like. We don't need the first, white two wires. This is the output from the engine speed sensor. We mentally exclude them or even bite them off with pliers.
Next are the wires: red and brown - these are wires from the stator windings.
The last two wires: gray and green - wires from the rotor brushes.
Everything seems clear. Now about connecting all the windings into a single circuit.
Scheme
Motor winding diagram.The stator windings are connected in series with each other, so two wires come out of them.
Connection to 220 V network
We just need to connect the stator and rotor windings in series. Yes, everything turns out to be very, very simple.
We connect and check.
The motor shaft rotates to the left.
How to change the direction of rotation?
You just need to swap the rotor brush wires with each other and that’s it. This is what it will look like on the diagram:
Spin the other way.
You can also make a reverse switch and change the direction of shaft rotation when needed.
Watch the video
For more detailed instructions on connecting the engine to a 220 V network, see the video.
