18 Mar
2005
18 Mar
'05
7:16 a.m.
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj at cfl.rr.com>
The only difference that I can find documented is that apparently "start"
caps are not rated for continuous duty, and "run" caps are.
So, as I understand it, the point that Jay made essentially seems to boil
down to the question of whether a "start" capacitor used as a replacement
would hold up in the operating environment of the TU56.
Not knowing anything about the failure modes of motor capacitors, I have no
idea.
Vince
One note on the
### motor capacitors.
AFAIK there is a difference between motor *start* caps and *run* caps.
If I am wrong I would like to know, else what is the difference?
- Henk, PA8PDP.
AFIK there's no basic difference in the two types but they do have
different voltage and capacitance ratings. Dig up one of the OLD
electrical machinery text books from the 40s or 50s. They usually had good
descriptions of that kind of thing. the modern text books don't say crap
about motors.