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Old 30-08-19, 07:57 PM   #4144
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Default Re: Smile of the day - What is yours?

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Originally Posted by Sir Trev View Post
Quite glad ours is brushless. Although that was more luck than planning.
Apparently our washing machine is a 'switched reluctance motor' ( no brushes )

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swit...luctance_motor

but our tumble drier is a single phase induction motor and when it stopped working a couple of years ago I had to fit a new start / run capacitor, cost me about £3 from Maplins - scandalous profiteering .... now Maplins have gone I get stuff like that from Farnel or RS now, at least quality is pretty much guaranteed and they won't explode and set your house on fire.
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