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Offline iXodTopic starter

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Cap working voltage?
« on: October 16, 2021, 10:11:56 pm »
Ordered this cap for a fan and after receiving it I notice that it has no marking of the voltage.

I searched “CBB61” and see them in various voltages.

Would you trust this one to be 250v, as the eBay listing says, or return it and find one with V marking?

Thanks.

EDIT:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/185097694219
« Last Edit: October 16, 2021, 11:04:30 pm by iXod »
 

Offline james_s

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2021, 10:23:59 pm »
Where did you order it from? What kind of capacitor is it? What is the purpose in the fan? Is it a run capacitor for a PSC motor, a start capacitor for a capacitor start motor or a noise suppression capacitor?
 

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2021, 10:31:33 pm »
google image search suggest it's some sort of 450V motor cap
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Offline iXodTopic starter

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2021, 11:06:15 pm »
google image search suggest it's some sort of 450V motor cap
This is to my point exactly. It’s advertised (in the title of the ePay page) as a 250v cap. No voltage markings on the cap.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185097694219

What would you do with this cap?
 

Offline TimFox

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2021, 11:08:37 pm »
The image in the eBay listing definitely shows 250 V on the capacitors, but they probably took the image from a datasheet rather than photographing the object (without voltage markings) that they sent you.
You should have a case for a refund, should you want to pursue it.
 

Offline iXodTopic starter

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2021, 11:42:49 pm »
The image in the eBay listing definitely shows 250 V on the capacitors, but they probably took the image from a datasheet rather than photographing the object (without voltage markings) that they sent you.
You should have a case for a refund, should you want to pursue it.
What would you do? Return or use it?
 

Offline james_s

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Re: Cap working voltage?
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2021, 04:11:04 am »
I'd just use it, if it fails then buy a better one next time. The listing says 250V, it looks about the right size to be a 250V cap, I would assume that's what it is.
 


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