Highboy
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With summer coming up, it’s nice to see a well stocked selection of a/c parts. Never know if you’ll need a capacitor, contactor or condenser fan motor. Just thought this might help someone.
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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.
What section of the store was that grouped with?
Highboy
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It was in the same aisle with the sump pumps and furnace filters.
I keep a couple of spare capacitors and a contactor ., Along with a bottle of Turbine Oil for fan motors .
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Capacitors must be a new addition, I haven't seen them before. Good on HD, it's an easy DIY.
Don't capacitors have a shelf life?
On the shelf eventually but many years
Old electronics ones yes. Sealed bigger oil filled start / run caps no.
THIS IS SO TRUE.
I think this industry is one of the most corrupt. Before we moved from NY to SC 20 years ago. My now wife had her own home with her young daughter. Her Trane HVAC unit went out, middle of summer. 2 people wanted to replace the system, lucky when she got a third estimate the guy told her it was just a capacitor. Back then almost nothing to replace it.
Problem is here, even in the South, people do not know many of these large companies with fancy HVAC trucks (guess who is paying for that) workers are 1099 employees. SO they go out on a job and are paid by the job, more or less some of them are charged a set rate, lets say a fan motor by the company they represent. They then have the option to build into their own mark up for the device. I had an old 80+ year old neighbor taken advantage of. Charged her over $500 for the Condenser fan. A few years later they replaced her system and tore out the flex duct, replaced with metal duct and she had issues all summer long. These homes at the time were only 10 years old. Our house which we moved from still has the same two outside units for 19 years now. I replaced my own capacitors and contactors and one fan motor. Others in our community were getting units replaced commonly starting around the 7 year mark.
IF that same worker convinces a homeowner to replace the entire system. HUGE win for a worker commission.
They're almost as bad as the roofers in Colorado. I get you have to make money etc but my dad and I priced roofing for my parents house out the door in the 12 grand range all in. Industry average is 30% markup on materials and labor. My parents roof is flat so not many will touch it but we were getting $25-45k dollar quotes.
I dislike excessive regulation but after a huge storm "roofing companies " will pop up slap on a roof and then dissappear.
The only thing is, it can’t have anything to do with regulation. How can you regulate something an insurance company agrees to pay for?
Insurance companies are a business and they insure your house. If a house gets a new roof, it was because the insurance company agreed it was a valid claim. The insurance company can deny it if it wasn’t.
The issue with fly-by-night roofing companies is do they do the same work a company that has been in business for 20 or 30 years? Likely not. I've seen many shoddy fly-by-night companies. All it takes is one big hail storm and voila roofing companies pop up.
I agree
Its awesome that they have capacitors in there. Hate having to pay HVAC parts house pricing
Around here the HVAC parts houses won't sell to you unless you have a commercial account .
Highboy
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Our local Ace Hardware also stocks some capacitors and HVAC parts.
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