Whats this Elec component??
 

I blew my wetvac up :cuckoo:

it was sparking and making mad popping noises, it had gotten wet after sum extensive cleaning ;)

i bought it from a website, cant rember the name now and i dont recall getting a reciept (now i think about it)

its under 1 year old, but i figure its a waste of time going for the warrenty route as its been used for comercial use anyway

so i pulled it apart and traced it down to this little bugger

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/10...06-05_1833.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/10...06-05_1831.jpg

it was bridgeing the live and neutral as soon as it entered the head of the wetvac, removed it and the hoover now works fine, its there for a reason, what is the reason?

only thing i could think of was sum kind of power smoothing thingybob?

supression capacitor? used to stop interference with radio equipment

Yep as above.

Now your missus can peeve you off even more when she does the hooving whilst your watching the TV ;)


PS use the Macro mode on your camera next time, so I can read the writing on it :)

ahh its the wetvac at work, so supression is not an issue

it got wet and blew up :D
so i dont really need to order a new one then?

dont know if my phone has a macro mode :confused:

LOL This is why phones should be phones and cameras should be cameras :D
Its like using a wet vac to mow your lawn ;)


Anyhoo ...it works dunnit? Ain't broke don't fix :D

There is a remote chance it could have been a starting capacitor, but if it was it wouldn't be working now, or it would go backwards, or the brushes would arc like crazy.

i had a funny feeling it might work for the short term but then blow because this part was missing

if its for supression, i will bin the thing :D