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Troubleshooting Motor Windings
Ensure that motor windings are not damaged by performing
the following tests:
NOTE
- If your ohm meter is not an auto-ranging type, set it
to the highest ohm scale (100k ohms or greater) before per
forming tests.
TABLE 17
Ohm Meter Range
Scale
Measurement Range
in words
ohms
2M
two megohm -- two
million ohms
0-2,000,000
200k
two hundred kilohm --
two hundred thou
sand ohms
0-200,000
20k
twenty kilohm --
twenty thousand
ohms
0-20,000
2k
two kilohm -- two
thousand ohms
0-2,000
200
two hundred ohm
0-200
FIGURE 11
TEST A
Measure the resistance between each of the three motor
leads (3-pin plug) and the unpainted part of the end shield.
If the winding resistance to ground is <100k
ohms, replace the motor and control module. If
the resistance to ground is >100k, the motor
windings are fine. Proceed to Test B.
Test A
FIGURE 12
TEST B
Use an ohmmeter to measure the motor phase-to-phase re
sistance by checking these combinations of the the 3-pin
motor plug. For the purpose of this test, start at either end of
the connector as lead 1.
1 - The lead-to-lead resistance across any two leads
should be less than 20 ohms.
2 - Each lead-to-lead resistance should be the same.
If the measured resistance is greater than 20 ohms, replace
the motor and control module.
Test B
FIGURE 13