Where To Buy Capacitors. Building various things, like tesla coils, railguns, and wire exploding devices, reguires very large capacitors. A selection of online stores selling capacitors: MCMelectronics/Newark has a wide selection of capacitors: ceramic disc, molded, surface mount capacitors, polarized and non-polarized axial and radial electrolytic capacitors.
Does the motor (fan or blower I assume) not start? They are also known as a hard start capacitor. I would not recommend buying capacitors (or most other electronic components) from eBay, unless you are absolutely strapped for cash and need to save every penny, even at the expense of making your life much more frustrating.
Where do you buy your capacitors?
Radio Shack, even, still has a very limited selection, last time I was in.
A wide variety of buy capacitors capacitors options are available to you. Does the motor (fan or blower I assume) not start? My question is - is there any type of local source for buying a capacitor?