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Post# 126401 , Reply# 1   5/4/2006 at 00:05 (6,538 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 126413 , Reply# 2   5/4/2006 at 01:28 (6,538 days old) by mistervain ()   |   | |
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The DWM5500 is a front loader....very nice model..... |
Post# 126438 , Reply# 3   5/4/2006 at 07:19 (6,538 days old) by pulsator (Saint Joseph, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 126984 , Reply# 9   5/6/2006 at 10:55 (6,536 days old) by thor (Buenos Aires)   |   | |
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Tom, I might have added that sometimes the two capacitors are housed in a single (same) housing. So, this type actually looks as if it were a single capacitor but with multiple connectors, when it actually houses two different capacitors. |
Post# 126985 , Reply# 10   5/6/2006 at 10:56 (6,536 days old) by tominsc ()   |   | |
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Hmmm. That makes sense since it will spin no problem. I was wondering about the capacitors. I noticed one rather large capacitor. I'll have to check and see if there are two. Tom |
Post# 126989 , Reply# 11   5/6/2006 at 11:04 (6,536 days old) by tominsc ()   |   | |
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I wonder where I can order parts for this machine. I did a google search and so far I haven't seen anything. I wish Sears had sold these. Then it would be easy! Sigh. |
Post# 127038 , Reply# 12   5/6/2006 at 16:32 (6,535 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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I sent to www.danby.com... to their service area and asked them to send me a parts list for the DWM5500 so I should have it next week |
Post# 127191 , Reply# 14   5/7/2006 at 10:58 (6,535 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California)   |   | |
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In any case, be careful when dealing with big motor capacitors. They store an electic charge, one that you may not wish to have discharged through yourself. A symptom of a bad motor capacitor is that the motor will struggle to start turning, but if you give it a spin by hand it will catch and run normally until you shut it off. The capacitor is there to provide the starting current for single phase motors. Three phase motors, by their very nature, don't need a starting capacitor. More efficient, they are. |
Post# 127435 , Reply# 16   5/8/2006 at 15:52 (6,533 days old) by bpetersxx (laf in on the banks of the Wabash River)   |   | |
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Post# 128006 , Reply# 17   5/11/2006 at 09:39 (6,531 days old) by tominsc ()   |   | |
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I tightened the belt and it seems a little better but still is laboring. I was thinking of tightening it a little more as I didn't move the motor very much. I still think it's probably either the capacitor or the motor. |
Post# 847305 , Reply# 23   10/24/2015 at 08:31 (3,078 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia)   |   | |
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