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dc motor with brushes convert to 2 wire dc motor?

I have a 4 lead brushed dc motor, is there a way to hook this up as just 2 wire and still be able to control the speed

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  • Tony M
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    Maybe.

    2 wire dc motors are permanent magnet.

    4 wires are not, you have to provide power to the field wires to generate the magnetic field.

    The wires coming from the 4 dc motor is probally marked A1, A2, F+, F-.

    I am assuming that you have a controller in place to controll the speed of the two wire dc motor. Pull the manual for the controller. It will tell you if it have a capability to run a 4 wire motor.

    Here is a spec sheet for a drive that I work on at work. The motor that we use is a two wire and the manual says to put a jumper from F+ to A1 and F- to A2 for a 2 wire motor. For a 4 wire you will have to run wire from the controller to the motor for the field.

    http://www.ctiautomation.net/PDF/Control-Technique...

    Good luck

  • ?
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

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