Originally Posted by
Dan Friedrichs
A minor clarification:
The starter cap is NOT charged when the motor starts. Charging it up takes some energy away from one set of windings, causing less torque to be applied in one direction, causing the motor to always begin to spin the preferred direction.
Ooooohhhh. So it's like when Grandpa pulled on a rope to start the lawnmower. Kinda like that. Kinda.
I though that fairy story was a bit 'off'.
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