We had a slight technical hitch.......Henry accidentally started a new thread instead of replying on this one. So this is the son-in-law again, giving him a bit of a hand. He always excuses his errors by saying "I'm just a boy - still learning".
I've copied his reply from the new thread and it...
Thank you Gunnar
Apprenticed aged year 16
Winding armatures aged 14
Birthday 30/4/2017
To everyone else
Job 1. 3 hp vacuum pump 2800RPM star now delta
Capacitors fitted one 60 three 30s MFDs
Starts no problem. Runs enough revs. Motor gets fairly warm so using an external fan.
Job 2. Not...
I think what I'm looking for is the 67mfd. I think I have condensers so can do a trial run. Any further comments are welcome.
Thank you all for the responses. This is my first time on this forum and I love the response you have given.
For the record, I am an ex-electrical engineer in...
