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motor start capacitor
Hi all,
I'm home for the holidays and I was trying to quiet a noisy garage door opener by greasing the pivots and mechanical parts of the motor. Well, unfortunately, it looks like I got a bit of grease on the motor as well. When I turned it on after greasing it, there was a quick puff of black smoke... after which everything worked just fine for an hour or two. Then it stopped working and I found that a big huge capacitor had blown open and leaked a bunch of oily goo. This is a big "AeroM PSU6430" 64 microF 330VAC capacitor with spade-type terminals. I believe nothing else is wrong with the door opener, since the light comes on and I hear a relay click when I push the button, and the hum of a transformer, but the motor simply doesn't start. Does anyone have an idea where I can buy a replacement for such a capacitor? I couldn't find a clearly compatible part at Digikey, and local electronics and hardware places have been no help. Thanks for any help! Dan Lenski |
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