Thanks for the help. As part of diagnosing a failure of the wash motor to start, I removed and tested the motor start capacitor (Whirlpool part number 3082691). The part tests OK, but I failed to note which lead goes to which terminal (my bad). The leads are color coded and I have the schematics. What I don’t have is which terminal on the capacitor is which, They are numbered 1 & 2. I have a 50/50 chance of installing incorrectly and don’t like those odds… can someone point me in the right direction?
I cannot say for sure but it should not make a difference as this is a non polarized electrolytic capacitor.
–I on the wiring diagram is the positive goes to the blue (board)
–) is the negative goes to the motor’s start winding
Not sure why they show the above on the wiring diagram and if there are no markings on the connectors other than 1 and 2 then it is immaterial.
What was the original problem?
How was the capacitor tested?
The only decent way to test a capacitor is with a capacitance tester. A mutimeter does not do a good job of this as it cannot test it at it’s operating voltage and often they leak/break down at higher voltage. The multimeter will only tell you if it is a dead short, a full open and that it will take a low voltage charge.