Help needed for capacitor for my Sedwick Thicknesser

[RonnieSF]

Hi, hope someone can help. My Sedwick thicknesser has stopped running, and is making a buzzing sound but not starting. I think it is the capacitor. I was going to replace the one thats on it (see photos). This is not the orginal motor, 3phase was replaced with single phase.

Does anyone know if you can just buy a universal capacitor with the same specs? And does it look like this is the correct one for the motor?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks
Ronnie

 

[imageel]

Any AC rated capacitor of the same values - 450V AC and 25µF - 25 micro-farads (mfd) will do, don't get too hung up on the tolerances they are usually wildly out.
Try ebay for likely the cheapest options

 

[Spectric]

Does anyone know if you can just buy a universal capacitor with the same specs?

Just buy one that has the same specs from anywhere that does appliance / machinery repairs and tread carefully with ebay as you might end up with something that will not last. I was going to suggest Colchester rewinds but noted you are in Scotland and not Essex.

 

[Kevinsm]

Have you checked the capacitance with a multimeter? It’s quite easy if you have one with this function on it.

 

[Cabinetman]

Granny- eggs sorry, do short across the terminals with an insulated screwdriver before you touch it, same applies with a newly delivered one too.