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  • mmartell
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2013
    • 3189
    • Canada
    #1

    Just Repaired my Central Air Unit and Wouldn't You Know...

    ...Bad CAP! (could this be part of that whole Taiwan thing ? Lol)

    As an aside the shop here in town I got the part from charged me $44 + tax. Out of curiousity I had searched ebay and the part can be had for about $7. Wtf ? I realize with temps around 90F and a wife and kids to consider I can't wait for shipping but come on ! Do I have "sucker" written on my forehead or are these guys fucking thieves ?
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    • tom66
      EVs Rule
      • Apr 2011
      • 32560
      • UK
      #2
      Re: Just Repaired my Central Air Unit and Wouldn't You Know...

      Shop has to pay for rent and staff, online retailer often doesn't or the costs are much lower with the number of sales. But that is a pretty large margin...
      Please do not PM me with questions! Questions via PM will not be answered. Post on the forums instead!
      For service manual, schematic, boardview (board view), datasheet, cad - use our search.

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        • stj
          Great Sage 齊天大聖
          • Dec 2009
          • 31161
          • Albion
          #3
          Re: Just Repaired my Central Air Unit and Wouldn't You Know...

          couldnt you get one next-day from digikey or newark etc?

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            • mmartell
              Badcaps Legend
              • Oct 2013
              • 3189
              • Canada
              #4
              Re: Just Repaired my Central Air Unit and Wouldn't You Know...

              Overnight shipping ? Lol, I'm in Canada. I might as well call a service tech and give him the money.

              When I realized I needed the run capacitor it was 6pm and the shop was closed. Picked it up the following morning at 8am and had it installed and running by 9am. House was cold when the troops returned from school/work later in the day. So in this case I paid for convenience and when I do the math on average annual maintenence I was ok with it.

              That being said I did order a backup to cover my ass should that become necessary in the future

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                • cheapie
                  null
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 849
                  • USA
                  #5
                  Re: Just Repaired my Central Air Unit and Wouldn't You Know...

                  I remember when the same thing happened to my well water pump (except that used a start cap, not a run cap).

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