Capacitor help needed.

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I am in the middle of a job that I need my generator for and half way through it stopped producing power.
In desperation I took apart the box that contains the outlet sockets thinking that there may be a fuse in there but found a capacitor that had a hole blown in the side of it.
It is a 16uf but it also has 2 voltage figures on it 420v-10000H/class B and 470v-3000H/ class C it has 4 spade terminal connections on it but only 2 are used can anyone point me in the right direction to get a replacement fast.
Many thanks in advance.
 
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The other numbers are the typical life predictions according to operating voltage. Choose at least 450v rating for the replacement
 
Maplin also stock motor start/run capacitors, I got one for my belt and disc sander there recently.
 
Thanks for advice it was the voltage figures that confused me. I have ordered 1 from an ebay seller and hope that there is nothing else wrong that could have caused the original 1 to fail.
 
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