No capacitor attached. A friend gave it to me more than 35 years ago. I suspect this was from an old washing machine.

All it says on the motor name plate is:

"Use with 170 MFD Capacitor" and no further description.

I tried it by connecting brown wire to ground wire on house receptable, and it runs OK. However, when I switched off without disconnecting, it had started running at very slow speed. I know it is dangerous so I disconnected it. Could you tell me what kind of capacitor I need and how to connect to wire?

Thanks,

KT

Hello Sir Sparks,

Thanks for info. I will try to buy it somewhere locally if I can find it, and let you know when I try it. Not sure how soon, though. Thanks so much.

KT

Dear Sir Sarks,

I had tried your suggestion, and it worked, then found another major problem of damaged wiring due to much too old and heavily used motor. No way to save motor, and I sent it to recycle. Thanks for your advise and local repair shop appraisedyour replay, as it worked. Thanks so much.