What will happen if a capacitor-start single-phase induction motor is powered with its capacitor replaced by an inductor having the same reactance value?

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3 Oct 2018
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28 May 2026

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Replacing the capacitor with an inductor of equal reactance in a capacitor-start single-phase induction motor prevents the creation of the necessary phase shift for starting torque. Consequently, the motor will not start at all.

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