Yesterday (for the first time seriously) I was disassembling a broken kitchen machine. Not to repair it, but to (hopefully) get some interesting electric components.
Sadly, there was not much inside that was of much use, except some bolts and nuts. And a big AC motor which was too much attached to the machine to be reused.
However, the only interesting looking component was kind of 'exploded' only the enclosure to be in one piece. But I don't know what it is. I'm not planning to fix the machine, but just wondering what kind of component it is.
Below are pictures of the description. The pictures are overlapping mostly but this way everything is shown.
Best Answer
It says 2 * 2000pF and 220V. That means it is two 2nF capacitors for a motor running at mains voltage to reduce the electrical noise caused by the motors. That is if it has three wires. If it has more wires, then @TonyM is right and it is a choke with also inductors. I think I see a 'F' symbol for Farad, that means it also has inductors. [ADDED] Oops, @JorenVaes is right, inductance is in Henry. Sorry, a very silly mistake by me.
They are often used with AC motors that has two carbon brushes.
These things do explode sometimes, for example in old vacuum cleaners. When no short circuit was created, the apparatus might even continue to work. It might spark more and cause more noise on a radio.
Because Europe has 230V and 240V, this component must be old, since it says rated for 220V.