rollermatic
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took about 7 years out and really did nothing with my appliances but find good homes for some of them, hopefully they are still humming along or finally humming!
but this year even before corona hit i started to gain interest again, caught myself checking out craigslist and ebay which is always a warning sign for me that i may get the urge to start machine hunting!
now into full isolation mode like the rest of us i decided to dig out my 1965 custom imperial rollermatic and put it back together. it's the one i dropped off the truck when i picked it up in new york and i did a number on the top and console. but i had it together and running fine until a timer problem resulted in my having to tear apart the console again. so i stored it away till now.
long story short i want to put in a new capacitor before i run it. it's the dual capacitor (rapidry model) and i realize i probably won't find one of those new these days! so i looked up a previous thread i posted years ago about rollermatic capacitors and i see from members that i can use 2 capacitors to substitute. it has the switch on it that switches the leads on the dual capacitor when it goes into rapidry spin. i understand how to replace this with 2 seperate capacitors, i'm just not sure what value. i was told in the previous thread that a 124-149 mfd rated cap would be fine for a single capacitor replacement. does anyone know what the rating should be on the 2nd replacement? should it be higher or lower? i assume the higher rating would be used when it's starting in rapidry mode?
i did download the manual for this machine last nite from this site and i see that the rating on the first terminal to the common is 80-100 and the second terminal to the common is 124-149, this is the "test" rating it says. so should i look for a 124-149 and a 80-100 or should i do something different? any help much appreciated as always! will post a few pics here soon. thanks!
but this year even before corona hit i started to gain interest again, caught myself checking out craigslist and ebay which is always a warning sign for me that i may get the urge to start machine hunting!
now into full isolation mode like the rest of us i decided to dig out my 1965 custom imperial rollermatic and put it back together. it's the one i dropped off the truck when i picked it up in new york and i did a number on the top and console. but i had it together and running fine until a timer problem resulted in my having to tear apart the console again. so i stored it away till now.
long story short i want to put in a new capacitor before i run it. it's the dual capacitor (rapidry model) and i realize i probably won't find one of those new these days! so i looked up a previous thread i posted years ago about rollermatic capacitors and i see from members that i can use 2 capacitors to substitute. it has the switch on it that switches the leads on the dual capacitor when it goes into rapidry spin. i understand how to replace this with 2 seperate capacitors, i'm just not sure what value. i was told in the previous thread that a 124-149 mfd rated cap would be fine for a single capacitor replacement. does anyone know what the rating should be on the 2nd replacement? should it be higher or lower? i assume the higher rating would be used when it's starting in rapidry mode?
i did download the manual for this machine last nite from this site and i see that the rating on the first terminal to the common is 80-100 and the second terminal to the common is 124-149, this is the "test" rating it says. so should i look for a 124-149 and a 80-100 or should i do something different? any help much appreciated as always! will post a few pics here soon. thanks!