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The most common reason for blowing a start capacitor, especially repeatedly, is that the motor is starving for power at startup. The first thing you should be looking at is the circuit size for the...

That's a good job on the balance. Your generated leg is only 1-1/2 degrees from ideal. (Or using the diagram I drew previously, the purple line is only 2 degrees below horizontal.)

No, this is not a stupid question. It is refreshing to hear that someone pays enough attention to the concept to even ask about balancing a converter.

Your converter is not that far out of...