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To: urchin

Agreed...to my knowledge the large cap is only used to ramp up voltage/current to start the motor. It’s better to replace it then fret over the capacitance reading!


22 posted on 02/12/2019 9:42:36 AM PST by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: gr8eman

The cap is used to shift the phase of the current to create (IIRC) a rotating magnetic field.


28 posted on 02/12/2019 9:52:00 AM PST by Paul R.
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