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Posted: Tue Oct 20th, 2009 03:54 am

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Gators27606
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Thermador Down draft (model VTN600CVA/01) fan is not starting and is making a humming noise. I was told you can spin the fan and it will start. I just started working on TThermador downdrafts so I don't know much about them. I will be going out to look at it on Thursday. And was wounding where should I start. Sounds like the motor. But I see there is a capacitor with this unit. Could this also be the problem?

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Posted: Tue Oct 20th, 2009 05:27 am

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first : if your makeing a liveing repairing appliances and you do not have a cap tester on your truck ....STOP ! tommorow morning first thing , take a trip to grangers , johnstone ect , buy one . YOU CANT BE WITHOUT IT caps are now made in china , there junk and fail all the time , you MUST have a way to test them ! second , want the quick and dirty way to test this motors cap ?...... turn it on , from a stop spin it backwards , if it starts backwards (it will run slowly) it has a bad cap ... if it only will start in the correct rotation the cap is good ....... this motor is made like junk , i bet you have a bad motor

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Cactus Bob wrote: from a stop spin it backwards , if it starts backwards (it will run slowly) it has a bad cap ... if it only will start in the correct rotation the cap is good .......

A golden piece of information there!!

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Posted: Tue Oct 20th, 2009 03:13 pm

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Cactus Bob wrote:
want the quick and dirty way to test this motors cap ?...... turn it on , from a stop spin it backwards , if it starts backwards (it will run slowly) it has a bad cap ... if it only will start in the correct rotation the cap is good ....... this motor is made like junk , i bet you have a bad motor

Sweet pearls of wisdom. Domo, CB! :dude:

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