cap size

Mostly depends on the horsepower, or btuh, in your case.

Find the compressor model number, Tecumseh and Copeland both publish their cap sizes IIRC

Some info, mostly for Emerson by model number here:

Sorry, friend, don't know. 220 MFD is a wild guess.

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Ummm... ONE of your coolers? Why not look in another one? Lloyd

Either they're another brand, or are in similar condition, or he forgot to think of that. Good catch.

well, I ordered a 300 from Mcmaster. we'll see what happens.

BTW, this is the only compressor like this on my place, couldn't look at another one.

Karl

That's a good place to start. I suspect it will work fine. Please let us all know how that works out.

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And here I thought you were going to spin a boating yarn...

Compressor is running. I like cheap fixes.

Karl

You weren't kidding when you let us know. Good one!

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That line may have been 'Centralab' "BCcomponents (Beyschlag Centralab components), a division of Vishay"

I no longer have the old catalogs to see what it could have been. At least you got it working.

It's a little late now, if it was too much or too little something expensive will have broken by now - But...

Reading the old capacitor nameplate is irrelevant.

The compressor nameplate is usually stamped steel or something else equally indestructible, and most likely still legible - you can look up a data sheet on the compressor and it'll show the capacitor needed.