Old motors never die, but they get sick . . .

I'm a great fan of old motors
Here's that fan (again) with its non-functioning motor dangling at the upper right.

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First, you need lots of electrical testers
I tested the starting capacitor with my new capacitor meter and realized I didn't know what I was doing. The reading told me that the capacitor was no good or that I was no good.

Nonetheless, I bought a new capacitor—the shiny thing below.



I plugged in a 110-volt test cord. That's an electrical cord with two exposed conductors just waiting to do damage to whatever they touch.

So I touched them to the motor contacts and the motor almost jumped off the work bench.

Lesson learned
After all that excitement I clamped it in a vise, touched the conductors to it, and it started and ran like a new motor, albeit a very dirty new motor.



Gene Wilder was as surprised as I was.

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Coming soon: Putting the motor and fan together just to see what happens.