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How do you change 4 wires to 3 wires on a motor?

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The correct answer to your question will depend on the exact location of the motor, its voltage and its power rating. The simplest answer is to say "Check the wiring instructions for the motor."

They are all so different it's impossible to advise you without knowing the voltage it was designed to run on. It would help someone to give you a better answer if you also gave the make and model of the motor as part of your question. <><><> What kind of motor is it? You don't say anything about the voltage or phase(s) the motor was manufactured to run on: * is it for 240 Volts 4-wire (2 Hot wires plus a Neutral and a Ground) * is it for 3-phase (3 Phase wires plus a Neutral) If so, on what voltage? * is it for 120 Volts AC with a start-and-run capacitor (With wires for Hot, Neutral, Capacitor and Ground) * is it a DC motor? <><><>

As always, if you are in doubt about what to do, the best advice anyone should give you is to call a licensed electrician to advise what work is needed.

Before you do any work yourself,

on electrical circuits, equipment or appliances,

always use a test meter to ensure the circuit is, in fact, de-energized.

IF YOU ARE NOT ALREADY SURE YOU CAN DO THIS JOB

SAFELY AND COMPETENTLY

REFER THIS WORK TO QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS.

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