How would you change the running direction of a Universal motor running on AC?

i salvaged a 1.6kw motor from a vacuum cleaner-wishing to make it into a blower but i want to use the impeller as a propeller, i can do this by changing the running direction of the motor.

however i do not know how to do this-there are two wires leading to the motor brown and blue these wires are also connected to a capacitor in Parallel they lead straight from the plug.

i have tried disconnecting the capacitor to see if i can hand start the motor in the opposite direction-however even when the capacitor is disconnected the motor still runs in the same direction

there are no more wires coming out of the motor and the 2 brushes are connected to the field wires(the electromagnets around the armature)- can the direction of the motor be changedHow would you change the running direction of a Universal motor running on AC?You would need to reverse the direction of the current through the armature windings relative to the direction of flow through the field windings. The easiest way would be to swap the two wires going to the brushes, but I'd bet that they won't reach without extending them somehow.



There may be mechanical difficulties though. For example the impeller might be screwed on to the end of the motor shaft with the thing designed so that the screw tightens when the motor rotates in the designed direction, but will loosen itself going the wrong way.



I wouldn't operate it without the capacitor, it sounds like a spark/ interference suppressor.



Please be careful. It sounds like a machine with the capability to do you a fair bit of damage one way or another.How would you change the running direction of a Universal motor running on AC?Only by reversing the direction the current runs to the field windings relative to the armature. Reversible universal motors are commonly used on ac powered toy trains, most famously those by Lionel.



This may be a fools errand: I do not see that reversing the direction of rotation of the impeller is going to accomplish what you want to do: Most impellers are unidirectional, they work poorly, if at all, when rotated in the wrong direction. You should instead concentrate on how to arrange the duct-work so that the impeller moves the air as you desire in its present configuration.How would you change the running direction of a Universal motor running on AC?To chsangr yhe direction of your motor,just interchange connection of your blue wire from capacitor terminal to its common junction

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