clothes dryer blower??

[broncstomper]

I have a question for anyone who has used a dryer blower on a forge. The motor says 115 volt but i thought it would be 220. there are 3 wires actually coming from the motor black orange and blue I think. I wired it up to a 120 cord and it turned fine but the motor got hot and started smoking. This could be from dust as it has been sitting open in a shop for a long time, but i am not sure. should this motor get hot within seconds.

[irnsrgn]

probably two speed, check with an appliance repair man.

[rlarkin]

Electric dryers use both 110, and 220.
If you look at the plug, you will see 4 prongs.
2 are hot legs with 110 each, 1 is a neutral, and 1 is a ground.
The 220 for the drying action comes from both the hot legs, which are 110 each, and the ground. Just like a welder.
The motor, lights, and timing mechanism use 110, which comes from one of the 110 legs, and the neutral.

My guess is the hot motor came from the dust you mentioned, or is actually on it's way out.

Are you sure you wired it correct.

[LarryM]

You may also be trying to run on the start winding this will make a motor smoke right off. There's two sets of winding in the motor to start, and run winding. Like Irnsrgn, said check with a appliance repair man.

Good Luck
Larry

[broncstomper]

no I'm not sure its wired correct. I figures the black was hot so put 110 on it and tied the other two to the common and the ground. i didn't think about a start circuit , that would need a momentary on switch or a hand start. How in the world could i figure out which wire it is.

[broncstomper]

o.k. the colors of the three wires that actually come out of the motor are,orange,green,and black. If i hook black to black and green to green it does nothing. If i hook blk to blk and green to green and orange to white it runs but gets very hot very quick. I tried unhooking the orange wire once it started running but it just stopped running. also If i hook blk to blk and white to orange but leave green unhooked it just hums. I'm confusing myself now.

[broncstomper]

thanks for the replies but i scrapped the dryer motor and used a 1 hp motor i had on the farm.

[acoop101]

most washing machines only run on 220 for the heating coils but the motors use 110.

[keykeeper]

Washing machines run on 220? For heating coils? What kind of washing machine is this? Mine uses the hot water from the water heater.

Are you sure you don't mean dryers?

[acoop101]

yes yes i do sorry, that's the problem with only sleeping once in two days

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