Before you buy motor for an application, it's better that you know how it's wired and if the direction can be easily changed or not. You can easily change the direction of a three-phase induction motor which has three output wires (i.e. wired as star or delta in stator) by simply interchanging connections of two of the stator leads. For example if previously the connections phase were RST, interchanging the leads would change the phase to RTS or SRT and the direction would change.
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Reversing direction of a three-wire, three-phase induction motor |
Unlike a three phase motor, reversing direction of a single phase motor can be a bit complicated. This is the problem that I recently had to face. I bought an old table saw and it came with a single phase motor and I had to reverse the direction of this motor. I would have used the motor in default configuration by simply using it from the other side, but it would have meant that the nut may get loose during operation which can be dangerous, so this is something that had to be done without fail. I followed the steps mentioned below to complete the task.