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Went to bed last night and woke up a couple times and felt a little warmer than normal. Also thought the air handler wasn't shutting off. Get up at 530 and thermostat shows 77* and we keep it at 75*.
Find the outside unit fan nor compressor is running. Text with my HVAC buddy and in short time we determine it's the dual run Cap (45 and 5 micro farad). One place 30 minutes away has the Cap so I get it, install and all is running again. Place sold it for $49.50 and was 30 minutes from home. I could have got it for $23 from home depot, but HD is 1.5 hr away.
This is a 2 Ton unit and less than maybe 5 years old. Look up on charts and it says Caps this size are normally on 3 and 3.5 ton units. I have the same unit in my vacation rental (3 years old) so guess I'll be buying another to have on hand
Find the outside unit fan nor compressor is running. Text with my HVAC buddy and in short time we determine it's the dual run Cap (45 and 5 micro farad). One place 30 minutes away has the Cap so I get it, install and all is running again. Place sold it for $49.50 and was 30 minutes from home. I could have got it for $23 from home depot, but HD is 1.5 hr away.
This is a 2 Ton unit and less than maybe 5 years old. Look up on charts and it says Caps this size are normally on 3 and 3.5 ton units. I have the same unit in my vacation rental (3 years old) so guess I'll be buying another to have on hand