I don't do a lot of turning, but yesterday I was using my lathe and when my wife walked up to me, I turned it off. After we finished talking, I tried to turn the lathe on again and it was dead.
Since starting capacitors are the usual cause of a motor failing to start (maybe 90%), I immediately went online looking for a replacement. I could find the proper size in microfarads but could not find one that was physically the same size – they were all larger.
So, I bought one that looked good and had screw terminals.
I received it today, hooked it up and everything worked. My next problem was how to mount it safely since it wouldn’t fit into the cover that fit the old one. I used some shrink tubing, electrician’s tape and zip ties.
I had this same problem with the motor on my dust collector and had to tie the new capacitor to the motor with zip ties.
It’s a shame you can’t find capacitors of the same physical size.
In the pictures, the old capacitor is sitting on top of the new capacitor.
Mike
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