100MFD 55V

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwight.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Thu Dec 4 13:09:39 2003

>From: vrs <vrs_at_msn.com>
>
>> These are oilfilled AC capacitors. Not an electrolytic capacitor. They are
>> usually used together with the motor. Phase-shift capacitor for example to
>> generate a second phase on a single phase system.
>>
>
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>Hmm...Doesn't look oil-filled to me; more like a cream-colored paste. Looks
>just like an electrolytic which has blown crud out through the safety vent,
>which has then hardened over the years into a crust. Under the crust is a
>cream-colored substance with a texture like hardened toothpaste.
>
>I do know that motor start and motor run are different and incompatible.
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Hi
 This is most likely an electrolytic capacitor, it is just
that it is a non-polarize electrolytic. These are special
purpose capacitors. If you place a regular electrolytic
capacitor into this circuit it would blow up.
 You can use a pair of electrolytics mounted back to
back of equal value and something like a 10 meg resistor
in parallel with each to keep them balanced. The capacitor
values need to have the full voltage rating each and
the value needs to be 2 times the desired value.
Dwight
Received on Thu Dec 04 2003 - 13:09:39 GMT

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