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How to Check a Start Capacitor
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Tags: Washer, Start Capacitor, Washer Repair, Washer Problems
Learn how to check the start capcitor in your washing machine motor
| 1. | If the motor on your washer makes a humming noise, but it won't start, check the start capacitor. The start capacitor is wired in series with the starting winding in the motor. If the start capacitor is open, the motor will not start. |
| 2. | Remove the start capacitor and use a screw driver to shorten the two terminals and discharge the electricity from it. See picture descriptionSet your analog meter on 1k ohms descriptionTouch the two terminals with your ohms meter test leads. See picture descriptionReverse the way that you where touching the two terminals with your ohms meter test leads descriptionThe needle in your meter should swing to 0 ohms and swing back to infinity every time that you reverse the ohms meter test lead on the start capacitor. See picture descriptionIf it do that, the start capacitor is good descriptionOn a digital meter, set it to at least 1k ohms descriptionTouch the two terminals with your ohms meter test leads. See picture descriptionReverse the way that you where touching the two terminals with your ohms meter test leads descriptionThe meter will display some numbers for a second descriptionThen it will return to OL ( open line ) It should do this every time that you switch the ohms meter tes |
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