> Interesting. Mine has two green wires, a yellow, and a white. The two gre=
ens enter
> the PCB next to each other and connect to the same trace (ie they're shor=
ted
> together). The white and yellow are separate. I can make the motor spin b=
y
> connecting one leg of AC to the green wires, then to either the white or =
the yellow.
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> The white and yellow wire seem to have a 44uF cap across them. There's al=
so a higher
> power resistor around there, but I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out=
 where it
> goes.
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> Suppose I tried feeding power to green(s) and yellow. Would I potentially=
 cause any
> damage if I shorted white to green or white to yellow?

Ah, so it is a capacitor run motor (as distinct from a capacitor start moto=
r, where a centrifugal switch opens the capacitor circuit one the motor is =
up to speed, typically used on a saw bench and the like).
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