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Lenco motor voltage 220v conversion to 110v

Hi all, I have lurked a little, but this is my first post!

I am doing a Lenco project, and living in the USA, I need 110v compatibility.

However my lenco GL60 table has a 220v 50~ motor. Searched the web and found a way to convert it to 110v by rewiring from series to parrallel. While in the process of doing so I starts to wonder if polarity needs to be observed? I went ahead and finished one possibility and it ran, but is it correct?
fnupacreek

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fnupacreek OP
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Hi Jea48, thanks for your response. This motor is circa 1960, labeled 220v 50~, synchronous motor. It had a 2 wire zip cord type wire without referance to hot or neutral. I took the wire running between windings and broke it, making the new input for winding #2 a "hot", and the output of the #1 winding a "neutral". I think that is what you described?

When I complete rewiring it I will use a grounded plug/cord and run the hot through the switch.
Thanks, Frank
fnupacreek OP
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Thanks for your help everybody, Frank
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