Arrived home from a week out of town late last night to a hot house (88 deg) despite having our neighbor cancel the hold earlier in they day. The air handler was running but not the outdoor unit. Thank god it was in the 70s last night and we were able to air the house out enough to sleep. First thing in the AM I pulled the capacitor from the outdoor unit, my multimeter can't do capacitance so I checked the resistance, no readings across any of the pairs which from what I gather indicated it'd gone bad. No obvious bulging or anything else. Checked Amazon and was able to get same day delivery, part was $16. It arrived at 8, had it in at 8:10, started right up. I figured if that wasn't the problem, I'd have been waiting until Monday to call an HVAC company anyway so why not give it a shot.
I've read in the past that you might as well have a spare one on hand. Good advice.
jeff
I've read in the past that you might as well have a spare one on hand. Good advice.
jeff