I bought a used Santa pylon with a bad motor. Got a new one from Brasseur. Tested it fine. When I hooked it up to the pylon gearing it may run counterclockwise to the gearing which will not work. I even checked my set up with another pylon I have. Do these small can motors run in one direction only or do I have it wired wrong or what? Thanks in advance.
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If this is a DC can motor, Reverse the wires goig to the motor.
Hi
Can motors are DC, the PC board in the pylon has a rectifier that changes the AC to DC. All you need to do is reverse the wires on the motor and it should change direction.
Hope this helps
What is a PC board? There is a small thingy wired in the middle of one of the wires running out of the bottom of the pylon.
Don't worry about the PCB, just swap the motor leads. 
I swapped the motor leads as stated. Now the motor gets very hot and has started to smoke!
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