Harbor Freight dust collector stopped working

[Cdshakes]

I was using it today, working fine, then tried turning it on again (from my long ranger remote) and it clicked, and the motor made a sound, then died. I was using a heavy duty AC ext cord (haven't had a chance to put an outlet in front of the DC yet-- on my to do list. The plug end of the DC was a little sticky-- dunno if it was getting hot before when running it? I cleaned it up, and no go-- i'm plugging it directly into a 20amp outlet now.
I don't see any fuses or circuit breaker switches-- is there anything else i can check?
What is the thing on top under the cover-- looks maybe like a capacitor??

Colin

[Cdshakes]

wow-- i read on another forum about the switches dying-- seemed odd as i hadn't used the switch in a long time (since moving to the long ranger--but tried it-- low and behold it is the switch. I'd love to replace it rather than just bypassing it-- any idea where to get this double pole switch from?

[WaterlooMarc]

Grizzly usually has a decent selection of switches.

[sweensdv]

Call Harbor Freight and order one from them. When the switch on my DC failed that's what I did and they got a new one to me in just a few days.

[brnhornt]

sweensdv said:

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Call Harbor Freight and order one from them. When the switch on my DC failed that's what I did and they got a new one to me in just a few days.

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+1 yep...mine failed/melted a few months back...had a new one (and a spare) out to me in a few days. Since you have the lone ranger...you could just wire it "always on" for now until you get the replacement switch....

[Cdshakes]

brnhornt said:

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[blockquote]sweensdv said:

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Call Harbor Freight and order one from them. When the switch on my DC failed that's what I did and they got a new one to me in just a few days.

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+1 yep...mine failed/melted a few months back...had a new one (and a spare) out to me in a few days. Since you have the lone ranger...you could just wire it "always on" for now until you get the replacement switch....

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that's exactly what i did for now... got me 2 pieces of 12 ga and put male terminals on the end like what the back of the switch has and just connected together--back in business!

[Mking143]

When my HFDC stopped working it turned out to be the start capacitor. I ordered one from Global Industrial or Grainger, I forget which. 3 days later I was back in business. It may have cost $18.

[Cdshakes]

Mking143 said:

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When my HFDC stopped working it turned out to be the start capacitor. I ordered one from Global Industrial or Grainger, I forget which. 3 days later I was back in business. It may have cost $18.

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Mine is back working again-- it was the switch--it was melted on the back. I read the side of the switch, rated for 7.5/15 amps... i know the DC draws more than that.
Is the starter capacitor the thing on the top under that metal cover?
How did you determine that was the issue?
Colin