My Husky air compressor was chugging along fine then quit. Found the breaker tripped and turned the start switch off before resetting the breaker. When I restarted the compressor one of the two motor capacitors spewed out a thick cloud of smoke. I immediately turned the compressor off and unplugged it from the power source.
Here's the motor nameplate data. Was able to find a replacement motor on the internet but no information on capacitors.
There was some oil around the capacitor cover. I removed the cover and this is what I found. No markings of any sort on the tag. So I'm not sure if this is the start capacitor or the run capacitor. FWIW it is 1-3/4" OD and 3-3/8" log from the bottom of the terminals.
This is a picture of the other capacitor (start or run?). A little blurry so I hope you can make out the pertinent data.
My questions are; is this a start or run capacitor, and what rating/spec should I be looking for?
Thanks,
Tom S
Here's the motor nameplate data. Was able to find a replacement motor on the internet but no information on capacitors.
There was some oil around the capacitor cover. I removed the cover and this is what I found. No markings of any sort on the tag. So I'm not sure if this is the start capacitor or the run capacitor. FWIW it is 1-3/4" OD and 3-3/8" log from the bottom of the terminals.
This is a picture of the other capacitor (start or run?). A little blurry so I hope you can make out the pertinent data.
My questions are; is this a start or run capacitor, and what rating/spec should I be looking for?
Thanks,
Tom S