Hello all,
Could somebody please explain the various numbers and symbols that are shown on the attached photo of a 4 lead 250V 0.15uF capacitor. The two blue leads are connected to each other as are the two brown leads. The capacitor is from an electric drill and may be for suppression purposes.

Any comments much appreciated.

cpgos

 

Class x1 is a capacitor suitable for connecting across live and neutral.
It has a 1.5MΩ resistor in parallel to discharge it to make sure that the mains plug has no dangerous voltages remaining on it when unplugged.
There are two neutral and live leads because the drill manufacturer has had it made like that to make wiring his drills in production easier.
And yes, it is for suppression purposes.
5614 etc is a part number.
The two weird symbols are the marks of approval organisations that say that it is safe.
250V 6.5A is the cable rating.

 

Many thanks for an excellent response.

 

The capacitor that I enquired about in August was actually from a Metabo PSE 1200 electric saw. The saw still works but unfortunately the capacitor has recently disintegrated while plugged in to the 230V mains supply.

Metabo have confirmed that the capacitor is no longer available as it has been discontinued.

Could anybody suggest an alternative component, as so far I have failed to find anything from various electronics suppliers, ie Farnell, RS, DigiKey and Mouser, or from several power tool spare parts suppliers.

The only alternative, without working out any details as yet, that I have thought of is to put an equivalent value capacitor and resistor combination in an external enclosure in the mains cable to the saw.

Any comments much appreciated.