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| Post# 639980 11/18/2012 at 13:40 (4,176 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
dont understand.. has the machine totally apart then back together except for the cabnet had plugged the machine in and it ran a full cycle all was fine everything worked the timer advanced all was fine. put the cabnet back on and the machine is dead i didnt unplug any wires a the timer and it has power but the timer is dead. i did figuer out that the timer dial pulls in and out but makes no diff, thougth it was the saftey switch but thats not it either.. even took off the sides of the timer to look in there to make sure nothing had broken off but its all fine and feels fine, even if the timer motor had died the timer should still work by hand. i dont see any fuse in the system nothing has broken off, i just dont get it.. any ideas
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| Post# 640007 , Reply# 1 11/18/2012 at 15:07 (4,175 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 640050 , Reply# 2 11/18/2012 at 18:58 (4,175 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
Those capacitors are not polarized. It's not possible to "plug them backwards". That it ran backwards then blew most likely means the capacitor went bad, partially shorted--which would cause anomalous phasing of start and run winding--then gave up in a puff of smoke.
OR--if one connects the start capacitor to the run winding, bad things might happen. But surely you matched the wire colors to the way they were originally. That machine looks right-out-of-the-box! | ||
| Post# 640151 , Reply# 3 11/19/2012 at 05:29 (4,175 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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she looks better now except for all the smoke ha ha.. im like 99% sure all the connections are correct there are only 3 at the motor one white one brown and one black i know the white was on top would switching the other two make it run backwards?? never had this happen before.. any idea as to a source for a new capacitor?? (those things reall stink) all i could do is hang my head in shame
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| Post# 640273 , Reply# 4 11/19/2012 at 17:21 (4,174 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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| Post# 640326 , Reply# 5 11/19/2012 at 21:39 (4,174 days old) by arbilab (Ft Worth TX (Ridglea)) | ||
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Switching the start and run windings does indeed make it run backwards. Start winding disconnects itself internally at speed. Start capacitor is not rated for prolonged use. If hooked to the run winding, would likely destroy itself.
What I CAN'T tell you is which wire goes where. But just from the scant evidence we have, it sounds like the two "hot" wires could be reversed. SOMEbody here has one of these and knows where the wires go. Just a matter of getting their attention. | ||
| Post# 640383 , Reply# 7 11/20/2012 at 05:13 (4,174 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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