Re: Fiero GE Series Motor Cabling

> From: Robert MacDowell <bobmac@...>
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Fiero GE Series Motor Cabling
> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <ev@...>
> Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 2:01 PM
> Peter Eckhoff wrote:
> > Hello EVDL,
> >
> > We are recabling a Fiero and we want to do it right.
> >
> > What is the proper motor cabling sequence for a Fiero
> with a GE Series
> > motor and a Curtis controller (e.g. B+ on Curtis to A1
> on motor, A2 on
> > Motor to S? on motor, etc.)?
>
> It's a standard series wound motor, right?  A1 A2 S1
> S2?
>
> Is there any reason it shouldn't be wired in the
> conventional way one
> wires all series-wound motors... Jumper one of the A's
> to one of the
> S's.  Connect B+ and B- to the remaining terminals.  
> Then swap S1 and
> S2 if the motor runs the wrong direction.
>
> And correct me if I'm wrong, if the motor doesn't
> have interpoles, it's
> optimized to spin in one direction efficiently.  You had to
> get that
> right at the time of physical installation.  You can't
> correct it by
> swapping wires... right?
>
> Robert
>
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