chantilly_resident Wrote:
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> electrical1 Wrote:
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> > > Amazon sells the capacitors for AC units for
> > > around $18 with one day shipping.
> > > I just replaced my blower motor capacitor 3
> > weeks
> > > ago. The replacement took all of 5 minutes.
> > > Youtube has plenty of videos of how to do the
> > > replacement safely and how to test to see if
> > the
> > > capacitor is bad.
> > >
> > > For the indoor blower motor, to test it you
> can
> > > turn on the AC and if the motor is not
> spinning
> > > then turn the shaft of the blower fan by
> > spinning
> > > it by hand and if the motor runs when you do
> > that
> > > then the capacitor is bad.
> >
> >
> > Wow. That is some very ignorant advice.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozOhWeIk_Hs
That is a very ignorant video. The guy never checked the voltage, amp draw, mfd value, hertz. He just throws a new cap in and says fuck it. That is how houses burn down.