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Is there an easy way to change output from 220 to 440V on the MEP804B

peapvp

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Thanks, this seems to be a 5 minute job then.

This will enable me to run more that one machine at a time as the 440>220 setups prevented this.

Thanks again!!
Make sure to double check the Fuse Ratings, to make sure your electrician left the fuses for 220V configuration in place as you believe he did.
 

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Make sure to double check the Fuse Ratings, to make sure your electrician left the fuses for 220V configuration in place as you believe he did.
I checked them when I was originally just trying the wiring by changing the lead arrangement on the head motor.

Thanks!
 

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Just to clarify, L1 to L3 and L2 to L4 but no connector between the two?
Interesting, don’t apply power to the configuration in your pictures

you need to make 2 jumpers for each transformer
One jumper connects H2 and H4 together - connect L2 to H4

the other jumper connects H1 and H3
Together - connect L1 to H1

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With the 440v setup, L1 went to H1, and L2 went to H4 while H3 & H2 were tab'd together.

Reading what you are saying, is that through the jumper, won't H1, H2, H3 & H4 all be connected together?

So I attach the tab back between H2 & H3 and then jump H4 & H1 into (H2,H3)?

Thanks!
 

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With the 440v setup, L1 went to H1, and L2 went to H4 while H3 & H2 were tab'd together.

Reading what you are saying, is that through the jumper, won't H1, H2, H3 & H4 all be connected together?

So I attach the tab back between H2 & H3 and then jump H4 & H1 into (H2,H3)?

Thanks!
No, you have to exactly do it the way I showed it in post #46
If you do not understand this or this is beyond your comprehension and capabilities, then you need to retain a licensed electrician.

Everything you stated is full blown short between two phases.
This tells me that you do not understand the fundamentals involved and you should NOT proceed on your own, but hire a professional before you electrocute yourself to death.
I do not attend funerals. Thank you
 

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No, you have to exactly do it the way I showed it in post #46
If you do not understand this or this is beyond your comprehension and capabilities, then you need to retain a licensed electrician.

Everything you stated is full blown short between two phases.
This tells me that you do not understand the fundamentals involved and you should NOT proceed on your own, but hire a professional before you electrocute yourself to death.
I do not attend funerals. Thank you
I understand what you are saying, but with the link between H2 & H3, as shown in the photo, this is effectively the same thing. Unless I remove the link between H2&H3…
 

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The wiring diagram does not show a jumper between H2 and H3, this is self explanatory and this implies, by using common sense, that any currently installed jumper between H2 and H3 has to be REMOVED.

The electrical / electromechanical / electronic trades require a human brain 🧠 to rely on logic, common sense and wisdom to work in this field.
 
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