On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:11:48 -0500, Richard J Kinch wrote:
Ignoramus2645 writes:

Also, can someone explain me why the capacitor has three sets of
terminals. What is the purpose of the third terminal.

Two capacitors, in one can, with a common terminal.

Yes, that's right. You got it 100%. Here's the schematic:

http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/AC-Compressor/diagram.jpg


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