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It's not that simple. To reverse a single phase motor you need to swap two wires over. Either the start or the run windings, so you need a few more contacts and some electromechanical trickery.Thought of another question
I will have a motor reversing switch, forward/off/reverse.
I could put this after the contactor, but it would be possible to stop and start the motor with the reversing switch which I know your not ment to do.
What about if I put it before the contactor, used 2 contactors for the reversing switch outputs, but triggered them both with the same on off buttons.
That way, going from forward to off would trip the contactor and I'd never be able to use the reversing switch to start the motor.
Edit, are both the on and off switches normally open?