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philo

On 02/16/2016 10:10 AM, wrote:
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Where I live , there are plenty of Grainger's everywhere, so can always
get a motor, same day

Before I retired, I'd often get motors there. Although we just passed
the costs on to our customers, I was surprised that some of those small
motors (under 1/2 HP) cost as much as $50.

Guess my mind is still back in 1975

Grainger usually has what you need but they are seldom the cheapest
unless you have volume enough to get on the wholesale price column.

Fortunately for our customers I did not have to get the motor start
capacitors from Grainger, since our National Parts Center bought them by
the truckload, they didn't cost much. I think our list price for one of
the bigger ones was $55. When someone here mentioned a repairman charged
them $200, it reminded me of the $2000 toilet quote I once got.