Looking for a replacement capacitor

[Brian]

Hi, the timer on my heating hast stopped running, its a mechanical
driven by a small motor conected to 230Vac, the problem is a capacitor
(the only other component) that is in series with the motor. I shorted
the cap with a multimeter and the motor started running again.

The cap has the following info printed on it:

..1/10
250V ~
MKP1.70
..1/10
250V ~

What should I use as a replacement? What is the value exactly .1uF/10?
Which I assume is 10nF, true?

What exectly is the cap for?

Cheers Brian

 

[Art]

See your cross posts
"Brian" <Brian_dorling@t-online.de> wrote in message
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Hi, the timer on my heating hast stopped running, its a mechanical driven
by a small motor conected to 230Vac, the problem is a capacitor (the only
other component) that is in series with the motor. I shorted the cap with
a multimeter and the motor started running again.

The cap has the following info printed on it:

.1/10
250V ~
MKP1.70
.1/10
250V ~

What should I use as a replacement? What is the value exactly .1uF/10?
Which I assume is 10nF, true?

What exectly is the cap for?

Cheers Brian