SurreyHills
Established Member
I've been given an old 370w 240v motor that has been stored for a few years. On starting it up the the motor quickly got up to speed but then the capacitor started to smoke and the motor stopped pretty quickly. So I'm trying to work out what replacement I need - the current one is rated at 250v 15uF. Do I need to replace it with like-for-like or would 450v one work as they seem to be more common.