From: Mikepier on
How do you know it's the cap? You have to start with the basics first.
When you turn down your t-stat to turn on the A/C, the contactor
should click closed. If it doesn't, you have to look at that first.
From: Stormin Mormon on
Guy at counter will ask for tax license, and proof of being
in the trade.

Yellow pages may be retro, but they still work. Even when
the power is out.

--
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Yellow pages? How quaint!

Enter "air conditioning capacitor" + {name of your town} in
Google.

Take the presumed defective one with you. Say "Gimme one of
these" to the
guy at the counter.



From: brassplyer on
On May 3, 10:38 pm, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61**spambloc...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> 5/370 should be the cap for the fan.


Actually the big horizontal fan at the top runs, the basic problem is
the compressor isn't engaging. First noticed due to no "quish-quish-
gurgle" in the freon line inside going into the air handler as should
be happening. A few months ago when it was last fired up it was doing
fine.


> Looks like the
> terminals are pretty badly rusted.



They are.

I did find a couple of dessicated dead lizards hung up in the
electronics.
From: mm on
On Mon, 3 May 2010 20:07:37 -0700 (PDT), brassplyer
<brassplyer(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

>On May 3, 10:38�pm, "Stormin Mormon"
><cayoung61**spambloc...(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 5/370 should be the cap for the fan.
>
>
>Actually the big horizontal fan at the top runs, the basic problem is
>the compressor isn't engaging. First noticed due to no "quish-quish-

Don't they both use one capacitor?

>gurgle" in the freon line inside going into the air handler as should
>be happening. A few months ago when it was last fired up it was doing
>fine.
>
>
>> Looks like the
>> terminals are pretty badly rusted.
>
>They are.
>
>I did find a couple of dessicated dead lizards hung up in the
>electronics.

Those are there to increase the joule value. Don't remove them.
From: mm on
On Mon, 3 May 2010 20:35:41 -0600, "WW" <ccco(a)nospambresnan.net>
wrote:

>
>> Thanks for all input.
>
>Look under > electric motor repairs< ww
>
Yes, this is the place, assuming it it the cap.