Motor run capacitor?

[wml52]

Hello to all,

I have an old (1997) Generac 1140-2 5000 watt, 6250 surge watt generator with a failed capacitor. The OEM p/n A1817AGS is a 440 volt 35µF +/- 5% cap and from what I was told is no longer available. I did locate a few on line but the prices ranged between $80.00 and  $125.00.  I did find motor run capacitors with the same values starting around $10.00. Can I use a motor run capacitor rather then the OEM and if not what would the difference be?

Considering the age of the generator I can't see spending the $$$ for the OEM part.

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Bill

[Flux]

Yes a motor run capacitor should be fine. Go for 440v rating and parallel to get capacity if you can't find a single 35uF

Flux