Hi, new here but hope this site is helpful to me.
So I have a Powermatic PF-41 power feeder. It has both a start and run capacitor. The run capacitor keeps burning up in about 4 minutes.
I spoke to the factory and they said it was because I was running it from a old 100' extension cord. So I got a new capacitor just like the original one and plugged it into the wall straight from the motor. Now it looked good and I ran some wood through it on my shaper and it seemed good. I then walked away from it to help another gut in my shop and left it running just to make sure it was good. I started smoking in about 10 minutes. This is the third one now and I do not know why this very much like new but 5 plus year old feeder is burning these things up.
I got it from craigslist's list and the guy said it was like new only used it for 2 small jobs and decided to sell it as it has just set on a shelf now for a few years. It got here and I was surprised that it looks brand new still.
Any thoughts here for some help?
Thanks
Dave
So I have a Powermatic PF-41 power feeder. It has both a start and run capacitor. The run capacitor keeps burning up in about 4 minutes.
I spoke to the factory and they said it was because I was running it from a old 100' extension cord. So I got a new capacitor just like the original one and plugged it into the wall straight from the motor. Now it looked good and I ran some wood through it on my shaper and it seemed good. I then walked away from it to help another gut in my shop and left it running just to make sure it was good. I started smoking in about 10 minutes. This is the third one now and I do not know why this very much like new but 5 plus year old feeder is burning these things up.
I got it from craigslist's list and the guy said it was like new only used it for 2 small jobs and decided to sell it as it has just set on a shelf now for a few years. It got here and I was surprised that it looks brand new still.
Any thoughts here for some help?
Thanks
Dave