The 55 is your run cap and the 0-70 is a start cap with a built in relay to cut it out of circuit.these are the original caps with these 2 the motor just hummed and moved very slow
The 55 is your run cap and the 0-70 is a start cap with a built in relay to cut it out of circuit.
There wont be a centrifugal switch on the rotor, thats why the start cap has a relay built in. seen it many times. And yes parrallel will be the correct connection.The OP said those two were connected in parallel - thus effectively forming one cap. The start cap is removed from the circuit by the centrifugal switch fitted to the rotor.
There wont be a centrifugal switch on the rotor, thats why the start cap has a relay built in. seen it many times. And yes parrallel will be the correct connection.
Any chance of the circuit for the capacitor/relay combined?
Wallace's cap is a 45 uf run cap and it will not have a switch inside. Run caps are generally rated around 450V, start caps are around 200-375v for a 230v motor. Most clark compressor motors are of a permanent capacitor design.Nice one, though not a relay as such - now we need to know whether that Xenon device was the original fitment to the OP's motor.
I still suspect the original has a centrifugal switch because (a) it's identical to Wallace's compressor with a start cap only and (b) I still think there is only room for one cap in the box, although it's difficult to tell from the OP's photo.