Yesterday my central unit died. The blower fan would still work but the compressor pump and external condenser fan refused to start.. the would just sit there and buzz. I had been noticing for months that the unit was having a hard time starting... the lights in the house would dim whenever the compressor kicked in.
After tearing into the unit and checking voltages at various test points with them all appearing good thats when on a whim I attempted to manually spin the fan... it started. Hmmmmmm... that almost sounds like a start/run capacitor. Sure as shit when I took a close look at the Hongkongflyapart 45/5uf dual run cap the ends were bulging. So after a trip to the scrap yard I located a 35/5uf cap off a similar unit and put it in mine hoping to bring the unit back to life. Sure as heck it fired right up. After thinking about it, there is no tellings how much wear this defective cap put on my compressor and how much it has cost me in increased electricity costs.
Bad caps on a less than 3 year old central unit... who woulda thunk it?
After tearing into the unit and checking voltages at various test points with them all appearing good thats when on a whim I attempted to manually spin the fan... it started. Hmmmmmm... that almost sounds like a start/run capacitor. Sure as shit when I took a close look at the Hongkongflyapart 45/5uf dual run cap the ends were bulging. So after a trip to the scrap yard I located a 35/5uf cap off a similar unit and put it in mine hoping to bring the unit back to life. Sure as heck it fired right up. After thinking about it, there is no tellings how much wear this defective cap put on my compressor and how much it has cost me in increased electricity costs.
Bad caps on a less than 3 year old central unit... who woulda thunk it?
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