TM 5-4520-253-13
T E S T V E N T I L A T I N G A I R M O T O R C A P A C I T O R ( C O N T)
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Reach through heater case opening (4) and disconnect louver linkage from louvers of right-hand
louver panel (5).
Remove right-hand louver panel (5) by unlocking eight studs (6).
Pull capacitor boot away from end of capacitor (7). Tag and disconnect brown wire (8) and two
white wires (9 and 10).
Set volt ohmmeter on R x 100.
Put one probe against each capacitor terminal (11 and 12). Meter should show a reading of
infinity.
Reverse the probes on the terminals.
Reading should jump to 15,000 ohms and immediately
fall back to infinity.
If meter fails to react as described, capacitor is defective. Replace.
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