Rewireing from 230 volt to 120 volt????

[NorthernKronic]

Hello everyone,

Im pretty in-experienced when it comes to dealing with electronic wiring and such and i wanted to know if somone on here could walk me through the process of rewiring a dayton 265 cfm blower from 230 volt to 120 volt.

Can this be done, meaning rewire from 230 to 120???
If so is it easy enough for a dummy like me to undertake??

Thanks for all of your info and time everyone.
-N.Kron

 

[Guest]

Is it multi-tap?I doubt it but look at the colored wires inside and see if they have different voltage labels on them.If they do,remove the wire labeled 230V thats under a wirenut with the lineside wire,and replace it with the wire marked 120V.Its also a good idea to cap off the unused 230V wire with a wirenut

 

[NorthernKronic]

Hey bob,

wow your really helpin me out here today, so what your saying is that yes infact it is possible to rewire the fan, but only if it is a multi-tap?

Is multi-tap where you can run them with different voltages and all you would have to do is switch the wires?

Im pretty sure that it is not multi-tap. here is a link to the same blower on a different site http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/itemDetailsRender.shtml?xi=xi&ItemId=1611688072

Can somone tell me if i can mod this blower (above link) to 120 volt or not?
Thanks all,
-N.Kron

 

[bartender187]

^^
Dont think you can run that at 120v... It says its 230v, usually when they can be run on different voltages it will be listed as a range.... 120-277v or 120v/230v

 

[NorthernKronic]

Oh bartender i see what your saying, i feel like that could be another reason why the fan is so cheap (where im looking its only gonna be $45 after shipping) well i guess if i cant mod that blower its time to just mod up a stanley and get that baby blowing.
Thanks for the help bartender,
-N.Kron

 

[MTF-Sandman]

It's not worth the hassle IMO...I've got 2 120v dayton 265's and they are loud, inefficient and don't push enough air. Go with the stanley or an inline and you'll be much happier.

 

[NorthernKronic]

ok then stanley it is, thats what everything has been leading me twards anyways i just saw the deal on the dayton, i mean $45 including shipping sounded pretty good for it, but with the things i hear and see on here the stanley is definitly the way to go for me. thanks all i think i got it figured out now, guess its time to head to wallys world to pick me up a stanley blower.
Peace,
-N.Kron