ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
I need a 125mfd cap and have a 144? (Tested at). Will it work okay until we get new tomorrow? 100.
Well start capacitor
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hbiss
EC, Westchester, New York NEC: 2014
- Location
- Hawthorne, New York NEC: 2014
- Occupation
- EC
Probably. Can't hurt to try.
-Hal
-Hal
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
That's what I thought but It wouldn't physically fit in the controller. So called the well guy and he set one out for us. Brothers well, so he did the drive time.
mtnelect
HVAC & Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Southern California
- Occupation
- Contractor, C10 & C20 - Semi Retired
In our HVAC Maintenance Contracts, we include changing the Combination Capacitors every year. They are very cheap and keep the service calls down in the middle of the summer. Don't like working in 100 + degree weather !
mtnelect
HVAC & Electrical Contractor
- Location
- Southern California
- Occupation
- Contractor, C10 & C20 - Semi Retired
When we get a service call in the summer, 99% of it is always the Combination Capacitor. They get worked hard and dry out. So, do yourself a favor and change yours out yearly.
Eddie702
Licensed Electrician
- Location
- Western Massachusetts
- Occupation
- Electrician
The older capacitors like Sprague & GE made would last 20 years or more. We almost never found bad caps on HVAC years ago. A bad cap was pretty rare.
Now a bad cap is the most common service call there is. All made in China.
Now a bad cap is the most common service call there is. All made in China.
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
Old cap was bad but new one didn't help the problem of extended run time to reach pressure and low volume.
He and I pulled it by hand years ago but we've gotten smarter and lazier. Well guy can do it in an hour or so.
He and I pulled it by hand years ago but we've gotten smarter and lazier. Well guy can do it in an hour or so.
grich
Senior Member
- Location
- MP89.5, Mason City Subdivision
- Occupation
- Broadcast Engineer
Years ago, my in-laws were visiting and the A/C quit. The hermetic side of the combo cap was bad. It was Sunday, so I went to the TV transmitter site I work at, and found a motor cap in a decommissioned weather radar that matched the hermetic side's value. I scabbed it in, and we were cool again until I could get a replacement.
The A/C I just replaced with new had three combo caps in 20 years. The original lasted 11 years. I got a replacement at Grainger. It lasted two years. It was nice that the end of the cap domed out...I didn't even need my meter to troubleshoot.
I got another one from Grainger, and noted it had a different part number...they must have switched manufacturers.Probably a leak between the pump and check valve.
ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
Could very well be. I found that for a customer that knew what her monthly electric bill should be, and when it went up she wanted to know why.