Hi all,

my grinder (a hand-held Bosch) suddenly stopped the other day

I assumed it was probably a broken wire in the mains cable and
so took it apart to repair it

The cable was fine but a 0.22uF X2 capacitor across P and N
had detached. Both legs had come out of the capacitor body. I
can't really tell whether it was arcing or just general corrosion

It was physically quite small and the only one I had which would fit
the space was a 0.1uf X2

The grinder does run now but sometimes needs a flick of the wheel
to get it started, or runs slowly, runs jerkily or at full speed but slows
under load

I'm looking for a 0.22uF X2 to fit but I'm just curious as to the
purpose of this capacitor and the effect of its value on operation

And it's something to talk about

TIA

Joe
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