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Lew Hodgett[_6_] Lew Hodgett[_6_] is offline
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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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"Lew Hodgett" wrote:

Sorry but split phase motors NEVER have capacitors.

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"John McCoy" wrote:

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


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Perhaps you would care to share with the us your current
source, their price and availability of a split phrase motor
that is equipped with a capacitor.


Lew