Replaced the capacitor and all has been running cool again for about a week. Replaced my neighbor’s too. Theirs stopped working again after 48 hrs. One more replacement on theirs and we’re at 72 hrs of runtime since replacement.
Replaced the capacitor and all has been running cool again for about a week. Replaced my neighbor’s too. Theirs stopped working again after 48 hrs. One more replacement on theirs and we’re at 72 hrs of runtime since replacement.
i keep a new capacitor stored in my garage so i don’t have to go 2 days without AC each time it goes out (I’m on hot and humid climate) , which is every 24 months on average
Just FYI, these should not be failing every 2 years - there is something else wrong causing them to fail.
Yeah, I ended up talking to a tech at a company that makes capacitors and he said that if that happens it might be the coiling and/or compressor involved. These are supposed to last 5 years before failing. I didn’t really understand what he was saying, so I guess I’m off to YouTube to look at other repairs
You might look into a hard start kit. It’s a secondary capacitor and a relay which helps with the extra load at startup. Get the kind with separate capacitor and relay, not the all in one kind.