I have a 120 vac motor. It's a fan motor combo from an April Air dehumidifier. It worked fine, then I removed it from the appliance in which it had lived because the compressor locked up.
It has three wires, Blue Yellow and Green with a pale Yellow stripe this last one is ground.
It's got two capacitors. One is a big cannister 35 micro farad 370 Volt
And a Cera mite 305C20 it's little.
It is this exact one
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/8505003-Manitowoc-PTCR-Motor-Starter-10-amp-CERA-MITE-305C20-85-0500-3-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqF,!psFBdl%28G!,rBQnSUWEWIg~~60_57.JPG
The ebay item has nothing to do with me it's just a good picture of the capacitor
Anyway I can get the motor to start up - without the cera mite - but after running for a couple of seconds it gives a lurch like there is a brake thrown and then hums making an awful noise and not turning (See video linked below)
I don't know how to put the Cera Mite in the line AND I think that there should be some kind of switch to remove it from the line after the motor is up and running. Originally this motor was connected to a logic circuit which I do not now have.
Any ideas?
Here's the video of the thing doing what I described.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca8XGgEUNu4&feature=youtu.be
I wondered if the larger cap was what ran the compressor. This would make sense since I didn't find another one but the large cap is the only way to get the motor up to speed. When I try the little Cera Mite I can only get the motor to turn over a little bit.
Maybe it's cooked?
It has three wires, Blue Yellow and Green with a pale Yellow stripe this last one is ground.
It's got two capacitors. One is a big cannister 35 micro farad 370 Volt
And a Cera mite 305C20 it's little.
It is this exact one
http://i.ebayimg.com/t/8505003-Manitowoc-PTCR-Motor-Starter-10-amp-CERA-MITE-305C20-85-0500-3-/00/s/MTIwMFgxNjAw/$%28KGrHqF,!psFBdl%28G!,rBQnSUWEWIg~~60_57.JPG
The ebay item has nothing to do with me it's just a good picture of the capacitor
Anyway I can get the motor to start up - without the cera mite - but after running for a couple of seconds it gives a lurch like there is a brake thrown and then hums making an awful noise and not turning (See video linked below)
I don't know how to put the Cera Mite in the line AND I think that there should be some kind of switch to remove it from the line after the motor is up and running. Originally this motor was connected to a logic circuit which I do not now have.
Any ideas?
Here's the video of the thing doing what I described.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca8XGgEUNu4&feature=youtu.be
I wondered if the larger cap was what ran the compressor. This would make sense since I didn't find another one but the large cap is the only way to get the motor up to speed. When I try the little Cera Mite I can only get the motor to turn over a little bit.
Maybe it's cooked?