It was pretty easy to identify what it was that went bang, smelled funny, blew the power fuse for half the house and made the sewing machine stop working. I cracked the sewing maching open and found it full of electrolytic capacitor guts!
What's a little more difficult is identifying what it is, and what to replace it with...
Three electrolytic capacitors inside one can. Four poles on the capacitor - two at each end (actually only two connections. Physically, the can is a bit over an inch long, and about 3/4 inch in diameter.
Circuit looks like this: (fixed space font, Courier New or simlar)
O----------------------------O | ---------| | | 0.2u === | GND-------| === 0.1u 0.2u === | | | ---------| | O----------------------------O
Rating is 250VAC/350VDC. No apparent polarity.
Brand is 'Jensen Capacitors'. They're a specialst mob that make power caps for industrial and mains applications. Part number
*might* be something like 'J54U' or 'E-LUX 212407'.Does anyone know what this is called, or where I might get one or something like it? It seems to be directly related to the electric motor / starting type thing. Died of old age methinks.
Thanks in advance,
GB