In message , YAPH
writes
On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:44:46 +0100, geoff wrote:

Although the capacitor might well be the reason why the pump is in the
skip ...

But not likely - most pumps I come across (or put in!) skips are either
surplus to requirements following a boiler swap or have mechanically
siezed up.

One might well have thought so except that ...

I used to descale pumps (dozens of the buggers) for a couple of service
companies - about 20% were fine other than that the 2.2u cap had died

so , as I said
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geoff