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re: been meaning to order a spare A/C capacitor all summer

Posted on 8/18/23 at 10:44 pm to
Posted by bapple
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Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 8/18/23 at 10:44 pm to
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Did you follow a specific video on how to change it? I have a spare but I don’t want to electrocute myself if mine goes out.


If you have any basic tool skills you can do it. The most important part is to pull the disconnect at the unit and then discharge the capacitor. This video is pretty good at showing the steps:

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Posted by DVinBR
Member since Jan 2013
13150 posts
Posted on 8/19/23 at 10:52 am to
im really curious about how the unit is going to react if the capacitor goes bad while having a soft starter on it, will the soft starter detect it and not start the compressor? the thing is the soft starter actually has a starting capacitor in it that temporarily goes in parallel with the main capacitor while the TRIAC ramps the current on the run winding, will it still be able to start the compressor?
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