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hawaiibrewer
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Aloha, I'm new here and stumbled across this site in my attempt to salvage a whirlpool washer motor to repurpose as a motor to grind barley to make my beer. Until now, I just used a hand crank and decided it's time to modernize. I just salvaged a nice looking, 3 speed, 1/2 hp motor from a recycle place here in Hawaii and have been trying to get it to run. I actually succeeded in getting it to run, but within 15-20 seconds, it gets too hot to touch, so I know something is wrong with my wiring. Until I did further reading on this forum, I was unaware that I probably should have looked for a capacitor near the motor. There was not one attached to the motor. The motor did start without needing a spin of the shaft, so I thought maybe a capacitor wasn't needed. I' ll try to attach an image of the motor and 6 wires coming off of it. I also have the wire harness that has a grey wire which attaches separately to the motor via a small, black object connected to a white wire that disappears into the motor. I hate to give up on trying to use what seems to be a good motor...and at this time, its more about making it work versus trying to save a few dollars. Thanks for any help with this...I hope this forum is still active. The motor is Whirlpool part number 852995. Aloha, Paul