I purchased an inexpensive electric hoist off Amazon with the intention of partially replacing its control circuits so that it can controlled via ESPhome.
There are only 2 buttons on the control box. This hoist has 3 operating modes:
- Off (no button pressed)
- Forward (Forward button pressed)
- Reverse (Reverse button pressed)
Here are pictures of its existing control circuit:
I believe the AC motor is a Permanent-split capacitor motor based on how the capacitor is permanently wired to one of the motor winding in series.
Based on the above photos, I drew the following schematic:
Does this schematic look correct? I am very unsure about it.
Since the original control circuit uses a single DPDT On-Off-On switch, I just assumed (without much evidence) that it can be replaced by two SPDT relays.
But when I sit down to actually draw the the new relay control schematic, I become stuck. I am struggling to find a way to replace the original one DPDT On-Off-On switch with two SPDT relays.
If I relax the restriction and allow myself to use 3 relays, then the problem becomes easy again, but a two relay would be more elegant if it is indeed possible.