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Snagged this gearmotor from a fellow brewer. He doesn't batch sparge anymore so abandoned the stirring project. I'd like to make it work however. My question really involves the need for any other electronics to make this thing spin properly. I've heard that I might need a capacitor and a starting switch. Apparently, the starter can be replaced by a regular switch, but there is the danger that it will blow up in short order. Any truth to that?

From the diagram, it looks like I need a 5mF capacitor, and put it between the red and blue wires. Or does the diagram mean that there is already one inside? Any other specs that need to be in order for the capacitor?

I did do a search on this motor, but only found wortomatic's q and a, with a bunch of q's, but no a's!

Thanks!