I recently bought a used Rockwell bandsaw, which had been refitted with a Baldor 1 hp motor, that was set up to run on 220V. I was told that I could rewire it to run on 110V, which is all I have in my garage. The saw ran on 220v when I tested it just fine.
So, I dutifully tried to make the change, but now it does not run. I=92m hoping someone can tell me my mistake.
Here=92s what I did: The motor had 2 schematics on it, for =93low voltage= =94 and one for =93high voltage.=94 The high voltage schematic showed this: wires #2/3/5 together; wire #1 alone (which I found to be connected to the cord=92s brown wire also); wire #4 to =93line=94 (I found #4 to be connected to the cord=92s black wire); wires #J/8 together. This is, in fact, how it was wired when I opened it up.
The second schematic showed this: wires #1/3/5 together (which I left also connected to the cord=92s brown wire); wire #4 to =93line=94 (which I left connected to the cord=92s black wire); wires #2/J/8 together. I reconnected things following this schematic (in other words, I moved #2 from 2/3/5 to J/8 and connected 1/brown to 3/5; I left 4/black alone).
[As a sidenote, the motor also indicated that =93to reverse rotation interchange #5 and #8=94=97since #s 5 and 8 had been switched in the existing wiring I found, and therefore rotation had already been reversed, I also treated #5 as #8=85including all of the descriptions above, where I=92ve already substituted 5 for 8]Then, I switched the male plug. The 220V plug had green, black, and brown wires going to it; green connected to =93G=94, black connected to =93Y=94, and brown connected to =93X=94. I put on a new 110V plug and connected the green to the green screw, the black to the brass screw, and the brown to the silver screw.
It does not turn on now. Please help! I really appreciate it. I don=92t have much money and really need to get this working=85