Water cooler fan switch
A friend gave me a nice portable swamp cooler but the high/low fand switch is stuck on high. It takes on-off-on rocker switch. Can't find one in town but I have two on- off rocker switches. I wired th...
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Most 2 speed motors are '2 speed/1 winding' design...cheap to produce and easy to configure
Low speed and High speed tap into motor windings at different locations
Your drawing...
Hot comes into middle terminal of On/OFF/ON.
Top ON..power goes out Black for High
Bottom ON....power goes out RED for Low
Your 2 ON/OFF switches......
1 switch....Hot in/power out to Black (High)
1 switch....Hot in/power out to RED (Low)
ONLY one switch ON at a time........otherwise you are supply power to windings at same time/different locations and although motor may be at a 'middle speed' it was NOT designed to function in that mode.
Low speed and High speed tap into motor windings at different locations
Your drawing...
Hot comes into middle terminal of On/OFF/ON.
Top ON..power goes out Black for High
Bottom ON....power goes out RED for Low
Your 2 ON/OFF switches......
1 switch....Hot in/power out to Black (High)
1 switch....Hot in/power out to RED (Low)
ONLY one switch ON at a time........otherwise you are supply power to windings at same time/different locations and although motor may be at a 'middle speed' it was NOT designed to function in that mode.
