Table Saw runs in reverse

[Andrew Hughes]

Ya Lee,We are trying to help Kelly

[Alan Schaffter]

Just so we don't leave this 7 year old thread with any misconceptions- yes, you can rewire a 110V (120V ) or a 220V (240V) single phase induction motor to run CW or CCW, but only if it is a bidirectional motor in the first place. Also, you don't do it by rewiring the incoming line voltage wires - forget about switching black & white or black & red (that only works w/3 phase motors). What gets rewired is the internal motor wires which may be color coded and/or marked with number bands- see the motor plate photo in Andrew's post (#26). Rewiring changes the direction the start capacitor and start winding cause the motor to turn initially. By the way, without those, you can spin a bi-directional induction by hand so it will start and run in either direction.