After about 6 years of service, my K1PV4 controller has just died.
The controller shows a MOSFET temperature error after a few(nast) minutes of fan operation. The MOSFET heats up to just under 90 degrees, when I open the case the error doesn't appear so quickly.
Tech company takes water in the mouth when I ask for technical details, they say that the controller to be repaired for 500zł and a week to wait.
Fan rather not seized, ducts after pre-season cleaning, don't know how the fan capacitor is (haven't checked yet). The fan works normally until the alarm occurs.
The fan draws a max of 0.7A, but this is only for a fraction of a second when suddenly increasing the speed, normally it does not draw more than 0.4A. The controller states a max of 0.6A for the fan, so it is rather within the norm.
The capacitor with a nominal value of 1uF is now actually 211nF (1/5 of the capacity). There is even a sticker on the controller housing that says "1uF" in large font.
It seems that at Tech the problem is known, since they gave a 1uF sticker (probably so that their technician would know which one to put in, assuming that the controller will go to service after a few years to replace the capacitor).
intellectusartificia wrote: The capacitor rarely fails because it is made with ceramic technology.
The capacitor is connected by a path to the AC side of the rectifier bridge, meaning it will lose capacitance over time like other capacitors operating on AC. It is a polypropylene capacitor.
I will let you know what happens after replacing the capacitor.
EDIT: Capacitor replaced, MOSFET stayed original, everything works fine, managed to save 5 hundred.