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You guys have raised this discussion/debate, to a level that's way over my head. I'm not complaining, I actually love reading these type of posts, and am glad I was the one to start the ball rolling. SO, now I'm hopping someone will dumb this down enough for me to get 1 answer. Will it help to replace the cap. or not ? A quick review: My motor starts, and spins up to max rpm every time. When cutting a 5"wide, 1"thick steel plate, a tooth caught while breaking through, and the motor stopped rather than spin the belt. this was on the middle pulleys (120sfm). Yesterday, I spent over 3 hrs. cutting 1-5/16" dia. round bar, using the top pulleys (80 sfm) , and no problems except once when the blade got pinched (my fault). But this time, (in the lowest speed mind you) the motor kept turning and the small pulley slipped in the belt (somewhat loose belt tension had not been changed since the plate cut). If changing the cap., which is the limit of elect. motor ability, will give it a little more power, so that it won't stall in the 120spm speed, I will do it. Otherwise, I will follow others advise, and keep it in low speed. Anyone got an answer? Thanks, JR49
Sorry about that JR,
It was never my intention to go this far with the discussion and hijack your thread.
For that I apologize.
To answer your question as quickly as possible. If you remove the capacitor and take it to your local electric motor repair shop they will have a "capacitor tester" in their inventory of tools.
There they can "test" your capacitor to see if it is within tolerance.
If it IS within tolerance, changing it will NOT help your problem.
If it is NOT within spec, changing it WILL help your problem.
You can NOT change capacitor values randomly expecting it to "BOOST" motor torque (Sorry).
The capacitor is engineered to work with the windings that the motor came with and they work as a team.
Doing otherwise would be like trying to reinvent the wheel.
Simple, RIGHT....LOL
Good Luck
Tommy