Home Depot HVAC parts

[Owen Lucas]

Around here the HVAC parts houses won't sell to you unless you have a commercial account .

I have my refrigerant certification so I was able to buy a furnace as a "street write". I talked some shop with them told them I have certifications and a few years in the trade and they accommodated me. Maybe it helps this was a smaller outfit and the salesman makes comission.

 

[Hall]

Old electronics ones yes. Sealed bigger oil filled start / run caps no.

I need to buy some to have on hand but still need to get into the outside unit and determine which I need. There's two, I believe, right ? One is the "start" capacitor, what's the other one ? Should people have both or isn't it typically the "start" capacitor that fails ?

Around here the HVAC parts houses won't sell to you unless you have a commercial account .

It's the same around here, but oddly, plumbing and/or electrical supply houses sell to anyone. The HVAC guy we use has bought 1-2 parts for me and dropped them off at our house when I asked him. He's busy enough and he's not making a special trip, so he's okay with it, plus he knows I'll call him if something more major happens.

 

[Touring5]

I need to buy some to have on hand but still need to get into the outside unit and determine which I need. There's two, I believe, right ? One is the "start" capacitor, what's the other one ? Should people have both or isn't it typically the "start" capacitor that fails ?

It's the same around here, but oddly, plumbing and/or electrical supply houses sell to anyone. The HVAC guy we use has bought 1-2 parts for me and dropped them off at our house when I asked him. He's busy enough and he's not making a special trip, so he's okay with it, plus he knows I'll call him if something more major happens.

Most often it's a dual capacitor with both start and run terminals. They'll be along the line of 40/5 or 45/10, for example. In a pinch when the exact value combination isn't available, two separate ones can be used.

Parts are interesting and highly dependent on brand of equipment. Trane & Carrier can use proprietary parts (i.e. motors). And, yes, parts houses restrict who they'll sell to. One huge plus about Goodman is ready availability of parts online at very reasonable prices. Supplyhouse stocks many parts. I have capacitors, flame sensor and hot surface ignitor on hand for quick repair.

 

[Nukeman7]

I need to buy some to have on hand but still need to get into the outside unit and determine which I need. There's two, I believe, right ? One is the "start" capacitor, what's the other one ? Should people have both or isn't it typically the "start" capacitor that fails ?

I've seen more compressor "start" capacitors fail than "run" capacitors on the outdoor condenser units. However, IME, the start capacitors for the blower fan motor in the indoor air handling unit fails just as often. I keep a spare for each on hand, just in case.

It's the same around here, but oddly, plumbing and/or electrical supply houses sell to anyone. The HVAC guy we use has bought 1-2 parts for me and dropped them off at our house when I asked him. He's busy enough and he's not making a special trip, so he's okay with it, plus he knows I'll call him if something more major happens.

For the common parts like capacitors, contactors and motors, anyone can easily source the parts from Amazon or SupplyHouse without a contractor license. What is strange around here is that two different HVAC/plumbing supply companies are next door to each other and one sells to the public while the other does not.

 

[Hall]

For the common parts like capacitors, contactors and motors, anyone can easily source the parts from Amazon or SupplyHouse without a contractor license.

I can't remember what one of the parts was, but one was a flame sensor. I bought one on Amazon that clearly said it was a Trane OEM part but it wasn't. I did install it, asked him to get me an OEM one, and once I got it from him, I swapped the OEM one in. Returned the one from Amazon and spec'd it was a counterfeit or inaccurate listing.

 

[MountainManDan]

It's tough to find honest HVAC companies in Colorado that are reasonably priced. Last summer my parents had a capacitor go out causing no A/C. I had a hunch but wasn't sure. Alot of places wanted to install a brand new system. The company that did the install went out of business. So a good local company came out and accurately diagnosed the bad capacitor. $200 out the door.

I Bought My New Capacitor for $24 & 2 hrs later - all - Good !
that was 3 yrs ago Still Good just Ran Air 4 Ton Trane & HVAC Folks out Here on Eastern TN are all Thrives & Pirates ..
One 1 or 2 in 44 Mile Radius that Good - ask - $$$$ Money to do Anything !

Now Lets Not Forget Manufactures that Screwing H out of all of Us - by - Dragging Their Feet to Produce & Switch Over
All while they Keep Selling Out Dated Models with R410A Gas that will soon be $280 for 8lb Bottle . .

 

[greenjp]

Our local Ace Hardware also stocks some capacitors and HVAC parts.

This morning I got a text from our tenants (we were fortunately to be able to keep our old townhouse when we moved to our current place) that the AC wasn't working. Went over around 5:30 pm to check it out, determined it was the start capacitor on the outdoor unit. Checked the HD and Lowes websites as well as Amazon, nothing in immediate stock and 2-day from Amazon. It's over 90 here today and will be again tomorrow, so I did a general google search for the part and found that an Ace not too far away had them in stock. Called to verify and then headed over, $31 later had the part, back to the house and had it installed and everything up and running at 8:30. Happy to pay a little extra to get it taken care of same day!

jeff