Help about capacitors

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emoy020

Joined Oct 23, 2012
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can someone discuss to me the differences and use of run capacitors and start capacitor..?
can i use them in d motors???
 

Bob T.

Joined Oct 22, 2012
35
i know that a capacitor with a motor increases the speed and torque, thats because when the coil in the motor is opposing the magnet the capacitor discharges to repel or attract the magnet and cause rotation, and when it is discharges, while the motor is rotating it charger again, this can happen thousands of times in a second.
 

PackratKing

Joined Jul 13, 2008
847
°I can never remember which direction this rule of thumb leans.....insofar as ac phase goes, they say " resistance lags, capacitance leads"
The start coils on an AC capacitor-start motor - controlled by the centripetal switch, offer an additional field 90° apart from the run coils, to give the added oomph to get a static load moving. When the motor gets up to approx. 75% of rated rpm, the switch opens and kicks the capacitor / start coils out of the game.

A permanent split-capacitor motor, as in ones employed in an air-conditioner condenser fan, the capacitor affects phase, to give more start torque.

This from 8 years in HVAC / motor repair [ though not rewinding ] tho' give an old retired fossil slack for fading memory :D
Hmmm... Memory..... use it or lose it :rolleyes:
 
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BillB3857

Joined Feb 28, 2009
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ELI = Voltage leads Current (inductive), E=voltage, L=Inductance, I=Current

ICE= Current leads Voltage (Capacive), I=Current, C=Capacitance, E=voltage

The above represent the phase relationships in capacitive and inductive reactive circuits.

In a pure resistive circuit, current and voltage are in phase.
 
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