I have a wiring question pertaining to my Baldor L1430T 5 hp single phase motor that I disconnected without marking (dumb). I have included an attachment from Baldor pertaining to this model. What I did was disconnect one leg of the incoming 240V and now I do not know what to connect back. As you can see in the attachment there are 2 leads--a black one and a red one. But my motor has 2 black leads of approx 12 gauge wire, and the red lead looks to be maybe 18 gauge. If I connect as per the diagram, not only will I have one black 12gauge lead hanging free, but will powering the motor through a thin little 18 gauge red lead. I find it had to swallow that a 5hp motor would be powered through a wire this small. I simply cannot remember IF I always had one free lead unused, or if maybe the red and the black are supposed to be twisted together to the incoming power. Luckily I did not unwire the other black lead, so I'm OK there. But what am I supposed to do on this one? There is no second black lead in this diagram. Thank you.
PS I might mention my motor actually has 3 capacitors in it, but I did not fool with any of that. All I did was pull loose 1 leg of the incoming line.
PS I might mention my motor actually has 3 capacitors in it, but I did not fool with any of that. All I did was pull loose 1 leg of the incoming line.
