Thanks to everyone for getting back to me and giving me such helpful advice (most of which was completely over my head). I took a punt on it being the capacitor since it was a little deformed in shape which suggested it has probably been overheating. Page £12.50 on ebay and fitted it last night...
@ dArsonval,
Awesome but yes, along answer. Nevertheless I will do a step-by step approach to this. I did wonder if the motor unit was serviceable, for example it has brushes and the such like, but the more I read on this the more it's pointing to the capacitor. I have to say the motor is in...
Thanks Flex...
I'll wire the thing back up and see what the meter says (pretty sure my Fluke has the necessaries). I'm away on my jollies so it'll be a couple of weeks but I'll let you know once I get back.
Thanks for the help.
I know this is only a small domestic motor but I could do with a tiny spot of advice. I have a cement mixer with an ATB Morely motor fitted in it (looks like a SRBF0,75/2-C50R) 1ph 240V 0.55kW (so it's only a wee thing). Recently it stopped working properly and made only a buzzing noise. I’ve...
