slow motion motor

[Shawn]

My Hitachi EC 119SA does something very strange. When I turn it on the motor starts to turn and chug very slowly. It will do this for 10-15 seconds and then stop. I then push the Thermal protector button and try to restart. I go through this 5-8 times before it gets up enough speed to kick into full motor speed. Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong? Is it a defective Thermal Protector?

[Shane]

I have one that does the exact same thing. I tried the asking questions on google. Someone replied to me saying the capacitor is weak. It makes sense to me but I have not changed it. I have just kept on tinkering with it until it starts. After the initial pain of getting it started its an amazing little machine.

[carl]

This only happens when weather is cold