The Consummate “How To Re-Wire A Potted Motor”


If you lot are arriving at this entry for the kickoff time, this is a comprehensive guide on how to re-wire the potted motors constitute on vintage Singer 15-91 too 201-2 sewing machines. It is my essay to walk mortal amongst cypher sense through the entire process.

For your convenience, hither are links to all twenty entries inwards the series. This agency you lot tin bookmark this page equally a Table of Contents too rapidly larn to the entry you lot need.

Part A: Skills Building



1: Wire, Wire Stripping too Wire Braiding
Learn close the tools too wiring basics you’ll quest to know to re-wire a motor.







2: Tools & Materials Required for Soldering
Learn what equipment you'll quest to consummate basic wire soldering.



3: Learning to Solder
Learn too work basic wire soldering.


4: How to Terminate Your Wires
Learn how to do connections for attaching wiring to ability terminals.



5: Covering Wire Joints amongst Heat Shrink Tubing
Learn how to build clean upward exposed wiring.




6: The Underwriter's Knot
Learn how to necktie wiring into a strain-relieving knot.










Part B: Motor Disassembly



7: Disconnecting the Motor Leads
Learn to detach your sewing machine’s ability terminal too wiring.


8: Motor Housing Removal
Learn to lead keep the motor off of your machine.


9: Grease Wick Removal
Learn how to take those grease wicks too where to larn replacements.


10: Motor Brush Removal
Learn how to lead keep those motor brushes out too hold off for signs of motor trouble.



11: Armature & Worm Removal
Learn to take 2 crucial parts of your motor.



12: Detaching the Field Core
Learn how to safely cleft the motor open.







 Part C: Making Repairs



13: Cutting too Prepping the Motor Leads
Learn where to cutting the bad wiring off.





14: Replacing the Motor Housing Grommet
Learn how to take a cracked prophylactic grommet, where to larn a novel one, too how to set it in.


15: Soldering On New Motor Leads
Learn where too how to solder on the novel wiring.



17 (Yes, this is out of sequence): Cleaning the Commutator
Learn how to build clean off a crucial chemical constituent of your motor.







Part D: Motor Re-assembly



16: Re-attaching the Field Core
Here nosotros start putting the motor dorsum together.


18 (Yes, this is out of sequence): Re-installing the Armature too Worm
Learn the tricks behind putting these 2 crucial parts of your motor dorsum together.



19: Re-installing the Brushes too Grease Wicks
Learn to easily re-install these correctly.




20: Hooking It All Back Up
Here inwards the terminal stride nosotros terminal upward the wiring, run the motor in, too set it all dorsum together.








[A caveat: I promise you'll live on able to select your potted motor dorsum to life amongst new, safe wiring, equally shown here. But delight live on aware that these steps are non an absolute guarantee of success, equally a small-scale percent of motors may live on completely burned out, which is currently beyond my capabilities.]

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