Induction motor start windings

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Original poster: "Paul Arrowsmith by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <p_t_arrowsmith-at-hotmail-dot-com>

A while ago I pulled out the motor from my old washing machine (50Hz 240V in 
Australia) and now wish to construct a SRSG with it, don't know the HP? but 
it has a 3.5 inch diameter rotor.
It has 3 windings one start and two others joined together
The start winding is switched by a centrafugal switch but there is also an 
extra single pole double throw switch attached to the centrifugal mechanism 
that switches from one run winding during starting to another run winding 
when spun up.
When I power it up it draws lots of current, hums, and turns slowly if at 
all.
I did not find a capacitor when I salvaged it unless it was mounted out of 
sight away from the motor. For now I am assuming that a start cap should be 
in series with the start winding and this is the problem, is this correct?
What's with the two run windings? I wonder if it has a different number of 
poles for running and startup?
Hope some one with more motor knowledge than I can help.
Thank,
Paul A

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