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Heat Pump Capacitor Died Late July 3rd

Jays89YJ

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:owned: What a miserable night without AC. :naw: Thankfully my buddy came back to town and bought in to an HVAC company and answered my text at 11:00pm. Buddy had a tech calling me at 8:15am July 4th because he missed the 12:00am call from my buddy. Capacitor replaced before 9:00am. The tech showed me how to diagnose the capacitor.

Open up your heat pump compressor panels and see if your capacitors are bubbled up on the top. Clear sign they're getting weak.
 
wct097

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If it happens again, just know that you can manually start the compressor by sticking something into it to spin the fan blade..... would get it cooling until it cycles off again.

BOP, caps are usually mounted under the corner cover that has the wiring going into it.
 
Jays89YJ

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wct097 said:
If it happens again, just know that you can manually start the compressor by sticking something into it to spin the fan blade..... would get it cooling until it cycles off again.

BOP, caps are usually mounted under the corner cover that has the wiring going into it.
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The fan still spun. The actual compressor wouldn't work until the capacitor was replaced. No cooling. The fan doesn't do shit.
 
wct097

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Ahh. When mine went, the compressor would run but the fan wouldn't start.
 
Ardvark

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I forget all the lingo. But I had to take a screwdriver out and push something or jump something to get mine running when capacitor went.
 
BrandonM7

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Jays89YJ said:
The fan still spun. The actual compressor wouldn't work until the capacitor was replaced. No cooling. The fan doesn't do shit.
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wct097 said:
Ahh. When mine went, the compressor would run but the fan wouldn't start.
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There's a capacitor for the fan motor and one for the compressor. Sometimes they're the same piece (with terminals and guts for both) instead of two separate capacitors.
 
Aged Punk Shredder

Aged Punk Shredder

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Should rename it to....

Wimterheatpumper / summerheatsucker
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it's still pumping heat, just one way is to the outside, and the other is to the inside ;)

the cheap shit chinese capacitors aren't worth a damn, but that's about all you can get anymore
 
Meh

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That happened to me a couple years ago on one of the hottest days of the year. We were pet sitting too. Saturday, after hours, no other store in town carried the capacitor. 109 degrees inside by the time the guy showed up. $360 for a $5 part. :owned:

I now have a $3 spare.
 
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