wallace wrote:The PK I just finished is going on a big boat to Canada, but before it goes I need to make it useable for their electrickery which is 220v 3 phase.
The tag on the motor reads 380/440v and has 6 wires coming from the windings. 3 joined together and 3 going to the starter.
Generally even though the tag doesn't say 220v/380v you can still wire it for low voltage. Is it just a matter of pairing the 6 wires to obtain the 220v
Yes but to be clear on "just pairing" you need to sort out the wires into three pairs that measure equal resistance such that no pair has a connection to any other pair. Note the resistance that you measure.
Take the first pair and connect one end (any end) to one end of the second pair (any end).
Take the free end of the second pair and connect it to one end of the third pair (any end).
Take the free end of the third pair and connect to the free end of the first pair.
You then have three connections to apply power to.
Measure the resistance from each connection to each of the other two. They should be equal and be 2/3rd of the figure you noted down above.
Be aware the most meter leads will add up to 1 ohm to the reading. Short the probes together before making a measurement and subtract this from each of your measurements.
Bob