I shorted out a capacitor while installing a Venmar range hood. Can I replace capacitor or is it all toast?
To the scrap heap, or can I replace the capacitor on the range hood after a short circuit. Does a short circuit fry the whole motor?
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Guess this is a motor start capacitor. Get to the motor so you can see it run, then put power on briefly... does it run, or just sit there and hum..? If it runs, great. if it hums, flick it with piece of wood to make it turn (saves cut fingertips!!!) Does it run? If you can make it run, go to your domestic spares shop, take the capacitor, get a replacement(they are cheap enough) , replace the capacitor with new....try now...does it run..? if it does, you win, else its new motor time...sorry....(Answered by johncob) |
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Why won't my dehumidifier start?
I bought this unit less then 2 years ago, it worked fine till 3 weeks ago, the unit does not come on at all, i checked a number of things out, the fuse, cord, compressor, capacitor, fill switch, but still i have nothing here. The unit is completely dead with no fill light or anything, i hope someone can help me out here, i dont want to buy another unit, and Sears wants too much money to fix this piece of garbage. Thanks Jim
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You listed a number of items tried in vane however did you try the a different outlet. Homeowner refrigerant dehus in a word are cheap and seldom worth having repaired regardless of who does the work. Check the line to make sure that it is not protected by a GFCI outlet. If there is a GFCI make sure to reset it and plug the dehu back in to check its operation....(Answered by Handy but Perplexed) |
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need help with installing tiny electrical lights?
without giving away my idea :) i need to know how i can install a light bulb as small or smaller than a christmas light inside of my sculpture and have it run on batteries.
is there anything i need to know as far as wattage or basically to make sure the battery doesnt blow up the sculpture?
im guessing i will need 9 tiny lights.
also how do i connect them? just solder the wires to the battery input? or is there a whole complicated system of capacitors and whatnot i have to deal with?
does the size of the wire ... (Asked by Punchy)
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You can buy strings of little bright LED Christmas lights that run on batteries. Wire size doesn't matter; you can either use the string as it is or re-string them. The advantage of buying them already assembled is that you don't have to think about that stuff.
http://www.littlebrightlights.com/site/1435548/page/777017
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Does an a/c motor need a capacitor?
I'm trying to convert a hand crank meat grinder into an electric one. I know that the motor and grinder need to be connected by 2 pulleys and a wheel. The motor I have is a 1/3 HP and comes from a dishwasher. There is some kind of coil in the wiring before the current gets to the motor. Do I need this coil/capacitor for the motor to work or can I just splice the motor to an electric cord and add an on/off switch?
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Don't know much about electricity do you? Ok for the start!
House hold current is single phase! 120/220 volts AC
First thing you need to do is look on the motor name tag and see if the motor is 220 VAC or 120VAC!
If it is 220VAC you are going to have to run 220 to the motor from your breaker box. You will not be able to use your 120 plugs. You will have to get an Electrician for that.
Next thing you are going to have to do is again look on the motor name tag to see if the motor ...(Answered by JUAN FRAN$$$) |
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