JOEPRO
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Well done - looks a straightforward enough cap replacement.
I bet if the hire place left it humming long enough it would have popped a fuse. Stalled motors draw too much current. Makes me wonder about their diagnostic abilities…
A mate of mine had a small genny with no output (not used for a while) and took it to two hire places and one garden machinery repair shop. None could get it going. I hooked up a brushed drill and span it to re-flash the windings, and off it went. He thought I was a magician, but surely that‘s the first and most basic thing to try?
The guy I bought this heater from today said he paid for the diagnosis too. I didn't ask how much but obviously whoever looked at it didn't have great diagnostic abilities.
Would have been interesting if he told them to go ahead with the new motor they quoted for! What would they have done when they realised it was the capacitor after the fact(?) Probably charged the customer for all and not admit they screwed up.
That is what I was counting on to be honest as I couldn't understand why a new heater would require a replacement motor!