Russell McMahon wrote:

>NO! That's not a capacitor OR if it is it's a dead one!!!
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That's exactly what I thought - if it is the capacitor, then it's bad.

>A good capacitor will NOT have a 0.1 ohm leakage resistance and the
>capacitance will be in the microfarad range.
>using an ohm-meter a large cap will look like a short FOR A SMALL WHILE but
>when left connected the apparent resistance will rise as the capacitor
>charges.
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>BTW - how did you measure capacitance of something with a 0.1 ohm
>resistance??
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Just for kicks, in case it was a very large capacitance and my ohm meter
may be incorrect.  It gave me about the same reading that I have with
just the leads connected to the meter, a few nF.

>What you have there MAY be a start switch.
>A start capacitor can be provided in series with a start winding and a start
>switch which removes it once the motor has started.
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The motor appears to have a centrifugal mechanism - when it speeds up it
moves a leveer on another black box.  This capacitor has two wires, one
leads to that black box, another into the windings of the motor.

>They could be -- but "this is not the one you want"  :-)
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>Ah - just saw the pictures link.
>I'm about 98% certain that's not a cap.
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That's disappointing...  There are definitely no other caps around the
motor.

>Some appliances have a circuit diagram inside. has yours?
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Nope.  I've worked on appliances with wiring diagrams and they make a
world of difference.  I wouldn't need to ask this question, since it
would likely have a value for the cap and I could replace it.

Thanks for your help!

-Adam

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