Smoked Capacitor

[Backwoods]

My capacitor just smoke on my pfaff machine had to put the head on my other machine to finish a job. Does anyone know where to get one. Without all the hassels you have to go through.

[SHHR]

I'm probably gonna make myself look stupid saying this, but are you talking about a "start" cap on the motor? If so just look at the rating on it and go to any electrical contractor supply co. and they'll have them. I put one on the blower motor in my home furnace last year and it was only 6 or 7 dollars.
Kyle

[SHHR]

I might add Be carefull unhooking your old one. Use dry leather gloves and insulated handled pliers. Capacitors store power to turn on the motor with a burst of energy so the motor doesn't "drag" and burn up. If it has any juice still in it, it can unload on you.

[skegfish]

Sure fire way to test your capacitor... take your mulit-meter set for continuity, touch the two terminals of the meter to two terminals of the cap. the meter should show a rise then drop.... then test again switching the terminals, should get the same rise then drop...... if you get nothing the cap is bad!
jeff in PA

[ajlelectronics]

But make sure it is discharged first! Screwdriver across the terminals will do that.