Thread: Need help finding a capacitor for my lathe motor

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Made by Ducati. Surprised it lasted so long, any good place that sell electric motors should be able to help you out.

DD

Ducati, which started out as an electronics manufacturer, and still is, were pioneers of electrolytic motor-start capacitors.

Jordan

Originally Posted by tanii51

check the rpm may be the wrong one usually 1440 or 2850 rpm drill press maybe different from lathe
john

Good point
2 pole will be 2850 rpm and
4 pole will be 1440 rpm

I had a small issue with the capacitor on my lathe motor recently...




And the guts of it...



Must have been a Ducati one )

Originally Posted by andrew_mx83

I had a small issue with the capacitor on my lathe motor recently...

Can't imagine how much noise that would have created when spilling it's guts.
Bet you needed a good stiff drink to settle the nerves after that little incident.
Anyway, a new capacitor and a six pack of undies from K-Mart should get you back in business.

Alan...

Originally Posted by nearnexus

Ahhhh, made in Italy.

That explains a lot.

Your lucky it went this long.

Rob

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yeah i know what you mean...my swmbo is still going ....

Originally Posted by eskimo

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yeah i know what you mean...my swmbo is still going ....

Originally Posted by nearnexus

oh I didnt spell it out...she comes from the same place..italy

Originally Posted by eskimo

oh I didnt spell it out...she comes from the same place..italy

I fully understood the comment

On a more serious note, the internals of old capacitors can be highly carcinogenic and should be cleaned up with care.

I had one explode big time on an old Kelvinator air con unit, sprayed it's guts everywhere, and the techos refused to touch it.

It was sort of semi liquid sticky stuff. Had a funny smell and was over everything.

So bought a new Fujitsu.

Rob

Originally Posted by nearnexus

I fully understood the comment

On a more serious note, the internals of old capacitors can be highly carcinogenic and should be cleaned up with care.

I had one explode big time on an old Kelvinator air con unit, sprayed it's guts everywhere, and the techos refused to touch it.

It was sort of semi liquid sticky stuff. Had a funny smell and was over everything.

So bought a new Fujitsu.

Rob

Hi Rob,

The old oil filled capacitors have pretty much dissapeared these days, they used to use things like polychlorinared biphenyl (PCB) and dimethyl formamide (DMF) as the dielectric.. nasty stuff.
The dielectric material you'll find in a motor start, or motor run cap you are likely to find these days is pretty much guaranteed to be toxic, (doesn't hurt to assume that anyway) but probably not carcinogenic


I realise the OP has already got replacement caps, but in the event anyone else is looking...

I've been on-line in the last week ordering motor caps, trying to revive a dead airconditioner in the electronics workshop. I got some caps off these guys, they are local, delivered within a couple of days and look to be stocking good brands

capacitor items - Get great deals on Spare parts items on eBay Stores!


Regards
Ray

Originally Posted by andrew_mx83

I had a small issue with the capacitor on my lathe motor recently...

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And the guts of it...

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Must have been a Ducati one )

I had the same thing happen on a 2 hp motor on my shearing plant some years ago. It was a CMG motor. It blew the connector box to bits. Bloody loud.

Dean

Originally Posted by andrew_mx83

I had a small issue with the capacitor on my lathe motor recently...




And the guts of it...



Must have been a Ducati one )

Thought I would get a bite from the Ducati remark.

DD