I bought a capacitor that is almost the same as the old one. it has the same
capacitence 5 microfahrets and 450v, however the color of the 2 wires are not
the same. the old ones are white and red. the new ones are both gray. Is
there a direction to install the capacitor?

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 00:14:11 GMT, Rick
m wrote:

I bought a capacitor that is almost the same as the old one. it has the same
capacitence 5 microfahrets and 450v, however the color of the 2 wires are not
the same. the old ones are white and red. the new ones are both gray. Is
there a direction to install the capacitor?
What is the application?
Is the rating on the gray one AV and the other one DC?
AC caps are not polarity sensitive or polarized and can be installed
either way,

DC caps are VERY polarity sensitive

On Tuesday, October 16, 2018 at 8:14:15 PM UTC-4, Rick wrote:
I bought a capacitor that is almost the same as the old one. it has the same
capacitence 5 microfahrets and 450v, however the color of the 2 wires are not
the same. the old ones are white and red. the new ones are both gray. Is
there a direction to install the capacitor?

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If it's for an AC motor start or run capacitor, there is no polarity, which is probably what you have. If it's an electrolytic cap, then those have polarity and are marked.