thorens motor phase capacitor

[kriss777]

I am thinking of making a geddon style power supply for my thorens 160 which uses a 110v motor, the Thorens service manual suggests 0.33uf, I have 0.15uf, linn/naim suggests 0.2/0.22uf, any suggestions as to which value is correct.
Chris

 

[cobbers]

The Thorens value,the Linn motor has a different pole count.

 

[martinab2]

There's a thread on diyaudio here

 

[davidsrsb]

The Thorens motor has a different winding inductance.
Be careful that the voltage across the phase shift capacitor is usually higher than the supply voltage. This is not a place for boutique oil capacitors.

 

[stevec67]

If you have 0.15 uF then 2 of these in parallel will give 0.3uF which is close enough to the Thorens value of 0.33. These are 10% tolerance components after all.