The Upholstery Forum

I have a Linko clutch motor that came without a wiring diagram. I have no idea what all these terminals / sockets are for.

Can someone help me understand how to connect this thing? The machine I'm putting it on doesn't have a harness that just plugs into this stuff, so I'm going to have to adapt the wiring.

Nevermind those plugs. The upper right plug is for like a 6v lamp, the other i am not sure maybe for needle positioner. Regardless you don't need to connect wires from machine to motor, just install the drive belt and plug the motor into the wall

Well, those terminals are really the only way to connect to the motor. So I need to figure out which terminals are what...

Is there not a wall outlet plug with an on/off switch on it? Perhaps that is the other terminal? That should be the only wiring necessary on a clutch motor. The only interface between the motor and machine head is the drive belt, no wires go from motor to the machine unless it is fully automated but then you need the computer box too. Most clutch motors have a small hidden wiring diagram that is used to reverse the rotation of the motor, if that is the wiring you need to do i can crack open one of mine and pist a picture

Hey, all.

I figured it out, so to document this for posterity and so someone else doesn't have to spend the time with a multimeter:

On that 5-pin connector, the left and right spades are the start winding, with the right one going first to the start cap.
The top and bottom are the main winding for the motor.

Presumably they expose all this so that a controller can reverse the motor? Dunno. But if you connect the left and bottom together and send that to one leg of your 110v, and connect the top and right to the other leg, she'll spin. If you switch the pairings (left:top, right:bottom) she'll spin the other way.