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no nothing, i guess you get what you pay for,Any instructions, diagrams or drawings come with new motor?
Any instructions, diagrams or drawings come with new motor?
sounds like a plan, thank you, on the off chance i mess up, will it still work, but just with the wrong speeds not coinciding with the correct numbered button?IF the old motor is still electrically intact, you may be able to get some idea by taking and comparing DC resistance measurements of both motors.
Brian your a star cheers mateThere's only four wires, so it looks like there's no external capacitor involved to complicate matters.
One of the supply wires will almost certainly go direct to the motor and the other three to the switch. As long as you get the one direct to the motor correct, you shouldn't do any harm.
Thats great thank you very much Avo Mk8, i should be all good now thanks,Referring to the random example circuit below, the neutral goes direct to the motor, typically blue (for your old motor?), and may be black on the new motor? (but don't know for sure)
Would be worth checking with a multimeter that you get similar increments of resistance from black to each of the other colours, and from this you could establish the order they go in (low, med, high).
If from black you get two similar resistance readings from different colours, black is not the neutral end, and you need to find which colour is!
There is a risk that if you don't get the right wire for the direct feed (N in the example), the fusible link won't always be in circuit, so you wouldn't have thermal protection of the motor, which could be a safety issue?
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right mate, ive found some info out, from the manufacturers, which has totally, duped me lol,Referring to the random example circuit below, the neutral goes direct to the motor, typically blue (for your old motor?), and may be black on the new motor? (but don't know for sure)
Would be worth checking with a multimeter that you get similar increments of resistance from black to each of the other colours, and from this you could establish the order they go in (low, med, high).
If from black you get two similar resistance readings from different colours, black is not the neutral end, and you need to find which colour is!
There is a risk that if you don't get the right wire for the direct feed (N in the example), the fusible link won't always be in circuit, so you wouldn't have thermal protection of the motor, which could be a safety issue?
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What is the make and model number of the cooker hood you are repairing?i am replacing my cooker extractor motor,
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