[Towertalk] Re: Tailtwister won't turn.

Jan Erik Holm sm2ekm@telia.com
Mon, 05 Aug 2002 19:01:22 +0200


Works just find, did it the first time more then
30 years ago, it can work for years.

73 Jim SM2EKM
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Dale L Martin wrote:

>
>I heard/read/dreamed/made up somewhere that, in the absence of a replacement
>motor starting capacitor, a TEMPORARY motor starting capacitor substitution
>(for testing purposes only) can be made by putting two electrolytic
>capacitors of about 250Ufd/100VDC back to back (plus-neg-neg-plus?
>neg-plus-plus-neg?) to see if it is indeed the motor starting capacitor that
>is the problem.
>
>Does that actually work?
>
>73,
>dale, kg5u
>