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"Lew Hodgett" wrote in news:55b819a8$0$39457
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"John McCoy" wrote:

A split-phase motor is a single phase motor with a starting
winding. Almost invariably they also have a starting capacitor,
and are usually called capacitor start motors.

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Sorry but split phase motors NEVER have capacitors.


I suggest you get out your electrical engineering
textbook. What you posted is incorrect.

John