Capacitor again :- (

to find total dimensions that fit. Not saying you will, but worth looking at.

Can you externalize the capacitor?

Regardless to the voltage, since it is greater than or equal 450V,

It can be easily found on Radiospares or Farnell. The size should fit.

al

probably the only option left. Another core needed for the lead. I assume the OP has looked on ebay for used caps.

NT

I had a similar problem. The replacement would not fit in the stamped steel "dog house." So the replacement was held in place with a piece of sheet metal cut to size.

Can I toss in a general question?

Is a motor run capacitor always described as a "motor run".

This is the Ducati motor capacitors catalog. On page 15 they have their Metallized polypropylenefilm capacitors in metallic case... but they don't say "motor run" anywhere.

On page 23 they start their Single phase motor starting electrolytic capacitors. So they specifically call them "motor starting"

Am I wrong to assume that those caps starting on page 15 are motor run even though they don't specifically say motor run?

life of the motor.

I started with Farnell, no joy.

Radiospares has an amazing filter system!

wide for the tube.

Wow, didn't know you could do that. :- / Interesting.

Ken wrote:

I had that bright idea a couple of days ago... After an hour of staring at it, the wires run through the 2 limits switches on the way to the motor. When they reach the limit switch they click open. I pondered drilling holes in the end cap of the limit switch assembly but I just don't have enough room to get wires through.

The good news is that equivalent replacement motors are available. The bad news is that 2 of them will cost me $600 bucks. No es bueno.

Stay within 40% and it should be fine. Your blind motors don't operate for long at a time. The run cap effectively creates a third phase, and increasing or reducing the value moves that phase forward or back a little, but the tolerance is never tight on these anyhow.

"start" capacitors should get switched out of circuit once the motor is spinning. They aren't needed and might not be rated for continuous usage. But it sounds like you need a run capacitor, which would also work as a start cap.

Clifford Heath

That's what I would do considering they are polypropylene and not electrolytic.

Thank you! Very informative.