Video: How to Check Your Big Machine's Capacitors

Oct 13, 2026

Technician testing capacitors inside industrial machine control panel during maintenance checkup

Are the capacitors in your big machine OK? In my last post we talked about what capacitors do. In this one I show you the correct (and safe) way to check them:

Continuing Education: The Art of Informing Your Clients and Creating a Loyal Client Base

Man's cautionary message about agricultural mistake with burned debris and crops in background

Don’t Make This Big Mistake—Like I Did

Technician examining capacitor components in workshop during equipment maintenance training

Video: What Capacitors in a Big Machine Do

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One Daily Practice That Helps Me Not Feel Overwhelmed

Continuing Education: The Art of Informing Your Clients and Creating a Loyal Client Base

When you turn the fruits of your labor over to the homeowner, it’s time you reflect on the fact that what you created will become the most used, and likely abused, surface in the house.

Don’t Make This Big Mistake—Like I Did

In February 2026, we completed a job for a client who also happens to be my financial advisor. The reason I'm telling you about it is because of something totally unexpected, even after all my years of being in this business.

Man's cautionary message about agricultural mistake with burned debris and crops in background

Video: What Capacitors in a Big Machine Do

Do you understand what the different capacitors in your big machine do? Have you ever had the issue of your big machine slowing down and speeding back up while you're running it?

Technician examining capacitor components in workshop during equipment maintenance training

One Daily Practice That Helps Me Not Feel Overwhelmed

Do you have a million things on your mind? Do you ever feel overwhelmed? Here's something I do to prevent that.

Man in glasses gesturing while speaking with text overlay reading 'One way to calm your busy mind' with WE Business branding

Video: What We Found Below During Our Edger Checkup

In this video in my edger checkup series, I turn the edger over and talk through what I find there.

Hands disassembling an edger tool showing internal components and base plate during maintenance checkup

A Message to All the Renters With Wood Floors Out There

Is a renter responsible for knowing how to maintain a wood floor? One called Angelo DeSanto in a panic.

Expert message about wood floor maintenance for renters, featuring damaged hardwood flooring examples and WE Business branding

What Happens When You Get a Footprint, a Sliver and a Business Card from 1999

Because a client saved my business card from 1999, I got another job—and a walk down memory lane in more ways than one.

Hardwood flooring installation results showing finished wood floors, a business card for DANDE-WEST, and a shoe demonstrating the flooring surface quality

Video: Quick Stretch for Back and Hamstring Relief

Can you take a two-minute break to help your body feel better on the job? Here's a stretch that helps me.

Person demonstrating a 1-minute hamstring and back relief stretch indoors on wooden flooring

Video: Are the Edger Bearings OK? How Do You Know?

How do you know if your edger bearings are OK? Here are some things I do to check them.

Technician inspecting a bearing during equipment checkup demonstration at supply store

Video: A Helpful One-Minute Stretch on the Job

Can you take a one-minute break while you're on a job to feel better? This is a quick way to take care of your body in the middle of a busy jobsite.

Man performing a plank stretch exercise on wooden flooring with '1-Minute Stretch Break' banner overlay

Video: What Catches My Attention During an Edger Repair

What catches my attention when I do an edger repair? Tape is a big one! In this video I explain why.

Instructor demonstrates proper tape application technique on industrial edge banding machinery during equipment checkup training session

Video: Back Relief From This Five-Minute Jobsite Break

I've been a wood floor pro my entire life, and yoga is what has kept me being able to still work on a wood flooring jobsite. Here's something I do when I take a break on a job that helps my back.

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