RE: motor run caps

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Original poster: "Justin Wright by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <ellis_p-at-picknowl-dot-com.au>

HI All,

If it is a motor run cap that I need, how is this connected?

Also what type of capacitor should I use.  I have some microwave oven caps 
which are 1.13 uf and 2100vac.  Will these do?

I have got home and measured the resistance properly.

	white to common   57.6 ohms
	black to common   31.6 ohms

As a test ( a test of patience which I failed miserably). I tried running 
the motor.  I found that connecting 115v across the white and common for a 
short time made it spin smoothly (but slowly).

If I connected 115v across the black and common then it span a lot faster 
but roughly roughly. i.e. the motor started to shake slightly and sound 
sick.


Justin.



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Sent:	Tuesday, 1 October 2002 12:36 PM
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Subject:	Re: motor run caps

Original poster: "Crow Leader by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
<tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net>

I disagree and think your motor needs a run cap. Can you tell us more about
it?

<snip>

> Actually, it probably needs a motor START cap, not a motor run cap.
>
> Dan
>