I am replacing a starting cap for a fan.
It has a red and white wire.
Is there a polarity to those like for the can style caps ?
I don't want to fry it. :-)
Andy
I am replacing a starting cap for a fan.
It has a red and white wire.
Is there a polarity to those like for the can style caps ?
I don't want to fry it. :-)
Andy
Usually red is Hot and white is Neutral.
When I hooked it up and tried the fan, nothing happened.
I looked at the armature and it's a silver color unlike the copper color that I have seen in others.
I replaced the armature and rotated it, and it sort of wobbled instead of being a fixed distance away from the windings through out a complete revolution.
The owner of the fan ran it about 12 hrs. a day for 7 days a week.
The bearings were frozen before using PB Penetrating Catalyst to loosen it up.
If it had oil lube holes for the bearings, the fan would last for a long time :-)
I'll just keep the starting capacitor for something else.
Adios, Andy
I will tell the store owner that I could not fix the fan and ask if he wants it back.
He probably won't want it back and I can salvage the cord to use for a short extension cord.
Andy
I may keep the blade too.
I repaired a fan for my daughter that had a small piece of one blade missing, so I used Gorilla glue and glued a dime to the blade to balance it.
:-)
Probably graphite impregnated, sintered bushes. Shouldn't be oiled.
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