On 8/18/2015 6:49 AM, Lloyd E. Sponenburgh wrote:
Tom Gardner fired this volley in news:mqufgp$qs1$2
@speranza.aioe.org:

Can one use two discrete caps?


Indeed. "Dual caps" are just a packaging convenience. They're
fundamentally a service problem, because if half fails, you must replace
both.

Most discrete-component television sets of the late 60s and early 70s that
ended up on a service bench could be seen to have had at least one dual cap
replaced with single-capacitor equivalents.

Lloyd



With the dual caps, if one blows it rips the connection loose for the
other thus your pump stops if the fan cap blows. How can you duplicate
that protection?