barking-rabbit

Thank you to all your support when I wrote about a Crazy Viking 6370 sewing all by itself. I opened up the motor and pecked around and found the capacitor and removed it. It sews great. I would never had done this with out support. It saved me the price of the check up at the sewing repair.

Tom W

Congratulations!! This is one of the best resources on the internet. So many kind and helpful people

sewbeadit

Hey, that is great, congrats!

Charleen DiSante

How can removing the capacitor allow it to even work? I know little to nothing about how the motor works. Can someone explain? tia, I love learning and this place is great for that.

Macybaby

The capacitor is not "In line" , it's in tandem. Think of it like the turnarounds on the interstate (that we aren't suppose to use). If you remove one, it does not affect normal traffic. This capacitor helps to cut down on frequency interference with TV and Radio reception. So removing it does not affect how the machine works at all, but if you put it next to an old TV or radio when you are using both, it will mess with the reception of the other appliance.

I do not know if it would mess up modern appliances, I think they have their own internal systems to keep that from happening.

PurplePassion

Well yes I have learned another new thing. You people are so smart.

Manalto

I'm glad you got the old Viking working again!