Washing machine motor capacitor question

pilm89

New Member
I have this GE/Hotpoint washing machine HTW240ASK6WS that uses a 60uF motor capacitor WH12X27614. The capacitor on GE's website is almost $100, which seems very expensive when I can buy a 60uF AC run capacitor for $10-$15. So I was going to do that, however I noticed the GE capacitor is actually a 60uF capacitor in series with a 60uH inductor, so it seems the GE capacitor isn't just a capacitor, but maybe a tuned circuit since 60uH is way too high to be parasitic inductance. Anyway familiar with this type of motor capacitor? I'd like to figure out if I can use a generic 60uF capacitor to replace the failed GE cap, or if that would be a bad idea. Thanks.
 
I have never come across a motor that had an inductor in series with the cap, after all, the start winding itself is a large inductor !?
Possibly an aid to create a closer 90deg shift'.
 
Yeah, knowing GE, I suspect the inductor does indeed have a design purpose, so I'll either have to fork out the $100 for the OEM part, or figure out a way to put a series inductor into the circuit so I can use the cheap A/C cap.
 
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