Hi All.
Here is a controller that is highly similar to the one that I am talking
about :
http://cgi.ebay.com/harbor-breeze-ce...photoh osting

BTW James,
If I substitute the cap, do I have to use a mylar (during the test), or will
any cap with the same voltage and cap rating work?
I have not seen a Zener on the board (though the places that are marked for
Zeners have resistor-like components in them - do they do zeners that look
like resistors?)

I have tried googling the powersupply as you have suggested it is, but
cannot find any more info on it. Does anybody have a proper name for it ?

Peter




The power supply is probably a mylar capacitor and a zener diode. Try
changing that capacitor, if it's bad, the psu cannot supply enough
current.