Tumble dryer capacitor

[IslaView]

Hi,

Through other posts on here I've diagnosed a problem with the capacitor on my Beko tumble dryer. The problem is, now I have opened the panels up, the capacitor is soldered at the pin connections rather than having crimped attachments. Am I alright to snip the wires and solder them to the new capacitor? If so, do they have to go to a specific pin, or does it not matter? No sign of any identification marks.

Cheers

 

[brianmoooore]

Solder the wires to the new capacitor. Can be either way around.

 

[telectrix]

depends on which capacitor it is. could be electrolytic, in which case polarity matters.

 

[IslaView]

depends on which capacitor it is. could be electrolytic, in which case polarity matters.

Picture of capacitor attached. Wouldn't know how to check for polarity

 

[telectrix]

you can solder them , but make sure they go on the same termials as before. be a good idea to fit some heat shrink sleevin over the connections.

 

[IslaView]

you can solder them , but make sure they go on the same termials as before. be a good idea to fit some heat shrink sleevin over the connections.

How do I know which is the correct terminal? Both the old and new one have no defining features to tell me where to put them

 

[loz2754]

How do I know which is the correct terminal? Both the old and new one have no defining features to tell me where to put them

Can you post a couple of clear photos of them?

 

[telectrix]

looks like it 2 capacitors . need clear pics of both the label on the can and the connections on the ols one.

 

[IslaView]

Can you post a couple of clear photos of them?

First 2 are the new capacitor, old one still attached in tumble dryer

 

[telectrix]

right. that clearsit up. it's 1 capacitor. it was seeing the other pic. looked like 3 terminals. leads can go either way round. it doesn't matter which way.

 

[IslaView]

right. that clearsit up. it's 1 capacitor. it was seeing the other pic. looked like 3 terminals. leads can go either way round. it doesn't matter which way.

Brilliant. I'll try swapping it out tonight. Fingers crossed it's actually the capacitor that is duff ?

 

[brianmoooore]

right. that clearsit up. it's 1 capacitor. it was seeing the other pic. looked like 3 terminals. leads can go either way round. it doesn't matter which way.

Which is what I said in the first place.
It's an AC motor. AC doesn't have polarity.

 

[telectrix]

but we d

Which is what I said in the first place.
It's an AC motor. AC doesn't have polarity.

idn't originally know what it was. it could have been a smoothing capacitor on the PCB. original pic appeared to have 3 terminals.

 

[IslaView]

Managed to change the capacitor out, and it switches on just fine, but the problem persists. Back to the drawing board!