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Originally Posted by DianeDavies
Hi
The capacitor buzzed out ok but he does have a spare if needed.
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I wouldn't be content to leave that in situ. For a suppression capacitor across the mains (as in your foot-pedal speed controller), it should be a self-healing flame-retardant Class X type specifically intended for that purpose - not for example, a mains rated polyester capacitor.
EG, this sort of thing:
https://www.rapidonline.com/kemet-r4...acitor-10-2694
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"A 0.1µF 310V 15mm pitch metallised polypropylene film capacitor with excellent self-healing properties. Typical applications include interference suppression and across the line use. 100% screening factory test at 2,200 VDC/1,500 VAC"
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Hope that might help.