Question: 415v / 240v motors car lift?

(Posted by: stevig2003 on 2009-04-08 12:37:50)

I have a 2 post car lift which i was told was 240 / 415 volt i can get the lift working with 415 as it has been all wired in the past and all i did was wired L1- L2- L3 into the 1- 2- 3 inside the panel. The motors are wired in star both go up and down fine. the data plate on the lift states 240/ 415. The motors state.....delta 240v - 10amps / star 415v - 6 amps. all the wires are no more than 2.5mm so all point to duel voltage lift . how do i wire a 6 wire motor to work on 240 delta and which two out of 1- 2- 3 do i wire live and nutrel on to inside the panel . The 3 wires going to both motors are brown, blue and black one other thing there is a transformer inside the panel for the 24volt control circuit and that has 415 or 240 connections to get 24v any help would be great

Posted by: maca on 2009-04-08, 12:44:52

If you do not know the answer then get a qualified electrician to complete the required work

Posted by: THE WING MAN on 2009-04-08, 13:13:28

The motor should have a wiring configuration plate riveted to it. This will show all possibly setups. If you change the motor configuration from the factory setup, you will need to change the heaters on the motor contactor to the appropriate amperage. The control voltage transformer will need to be reconfigured to 240 volts also. If you do not understand any of the above, you need a qualified electrician. Hope this helps.