Or if it is a capacitor-run motor, rather than capacitor-start, it could
be a shorted capacitor.

On Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:32 -0700, "Bob Blick" wrote:
> On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:23 +1200, "IVP"  wrote:
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> > It's a Metropolitan Vickers BC 2408. Fairly typical appliance-
> > type single-phase motor, 230V 1/4hp 1425rpm, with reduction
> > gearing and end-plate to drive the minute hand, which isn't that
> > minute BTW
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> >=20
> > I suspect that the problem is overheating. The motor runs but
> > after perhaps 20 seconds from cold it turns off. When it restarts
> > some seconds later the time until the next stop becomes
> > progressively shorter. The motor does seem to be hotter than
> > you'd expect after only a short run time.=20
>=20
> Starting switch or starting relay is stuck or bad, most likely.
>=20
> Cheers,
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