Originally Posted by
Rodney
I'd go ahead with your plan to replace them. Modern capacitors tend to be smaller than their old-school counterparts so don't let the size throw you. I'm not that familiar with capacitors. Could they be wired in parallel instead?
Hi Rodney,
I was corrected on calling it a servo motor: Apparently it's really a universal motor (big version of ordinary domestics that attach to machines) - I now know the labels but will probably forget them again unless it becomes important. Replacement is a lot more difficult than removal
also, the guy who suggested doing this said the capacitors were never very good at radio suppression anyway,
and it was am radio, which I don't listen to when sewing.
If it's of little benefit and another three parts to go wrong, I go for simplification
Capacitors work opposite to resistors when connecting in series and parallel: Wire them in parallel and you add the capacitance. In series, the capacitance is reduced.