Good ol’ ADP 8242

[corgig]

This time its the main pump motor. The thing hums and gets hot but doesn’t do what it was designed to do – rotate when called upon to do so. Rotor turns freely so it hasn’t seized. Is there any chance it is the capacitor and if so how do I test it please? I am used to the functions of capacitors in general electronics but have never really understood their usage for motor control.

Thanks

[Penguin45]

Re: Good ol’ ADP 8242

If you are certain that the motor will turn freely (and has a circuit through it), you need one of THESE.

Capacitor function is to create a delay in the windings, thus causing the motor to spin in a fixed direction. A simplistic explanation is that it gives the motor a boot up the backside to set it off.

Stay safe, power off.

Penguin45.

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