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[Boeinglover]

Well, I don't know how to wire this thing up. My motors are still hooked up to the main part of these toys because I'm too afraid I'll screw them up.

[highspeedquad]

What kind of toys are they? If they aren't strong enough, then you should shop around for cheap, strong motors.

[Boeinglover]

Oh, they're strong enough, just a matter of how I rewire these things. The motors propell 2 1/2 pound toys and I have 3 motors. The thing that I'm confused is the fact that there are 2 wires that go into them. I think I'll need 1 more motor to make this thing work. Can anyone else tell me what this second wire does? There is one red one and one white one going into each one.

[highspeedquad]

I think that those might be the wires that go in and out of your power source to make a circuit.

[floridaskier]

There's pictures of Poma controls on their website

[Kicking Horse]

Boeinglover, on Feb 15 2005, 09:18 PM, said:

Oh, they're strong enough, just a matter of how I rewire these things. The motors propell 2 1/2 pound toys and I have 3 motors. The thing that I'm confused is the fact that there are 2 wires that go into them. I think I'll need 1 more motor to make this thing work. Can anyone else tell me what this second wire does? There is one red one and one white one going into each one.
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is it a r/c car motor???????????????

[liftmech]

Quick electrical lesson.
Your motors are most likely low-voltage DC (direct current) operated. That means batteries. The red and white wires are the positive and negative connections. They could be hooked up either way as long as the motor turns. Being DC, the motor will turn one way with the red as the positive, and the other with the white.
You don't need to see lift controls if you have a basic understanding of electicity. Take a light switch. It is normally open, abbreviated as N.O., and that means when it is in its resting state the light will be off. Your start button is N.O. Your stop button would therefore be normally closed, or N.C., because when you hit a stop you want the lift to stop and it is easier to break a contact than make one. For your fast and slow I'd suggest a model railroad controller. I have built a lift control system, albeit one not hooked to any working model, and I've found that using the usual industrial parts a real lift would have it's very difficult to have any speed control. (That is something outside my area of expertise anyway). But a railroad unit is designed for the purpose.

[Boeinglover]

Yes, they are r/c motors.

[Doppeldork]

Use a Potentiometer (available at any radio shack)as your speed control just wire it between your power and your motors. (same principle as the train controller, just less bulky