BobRip
Elite Member
BobRip thanks for that explanation of the motor It was right to the point and understandable.Might I add That i learned about this type of motor when I used too large a pulley for my blower on one, It ran, but took awhile to do the switching part, which eventually urned into a smoke show, of cource the blower continued to flow the smoke through the house.
I sure cant fault the HF motor for this mistake. It clearly was mine.Apparently the pulley has to be sized so that the starter winding doesn't run long.
The regular winding was probably also overloaded. You should always check the running current on a new design to make sure that the operating current is not higher that the rated current.