hay man you guys its been a wile but man i got to tell you its grate to have a bruther in the a.c. bizness evin if hes 700 miles off.
i got home a week ago when it was like a hunnert and man the house was warm. so i look at the thermastat thing and it says it 88. but man i can feel just a littel cool air comin out a the vents but it werent cold and not neer anuff. any ways this is the last time you ever wanna call the a.c. man cuz your gonna get bent over reel hard.
any ways i figger its time to call my bruther - not the one what rites for me some times tho - and see waht this is gonna cost me. well i cant get hold a him til reel late so theres nothin to be done assept sleep in the basemint.
so i got to wate til friday mornin to see whats up. well man he says check out side on the unit. is it runnin? corse not. not evin the fan is spinnin but man its hot. so man he tells me to find some thing to stick in there and see if the fan will spin or its stuck. well man i stick a screw driver down there and spin it. and the dam thing starts rite up. but man the compresser aint kickin on.
so man he says not to worry yet cuz he thinks its a capasitter whats gone. so man i disconnect that thing and we do some lectric tests and find out that the compresser is ok. so lets start with the capasitter. well man i run down to the parts place and pick me up a new one for 22 bucks out the door. but its got a diffrint shape so i got to rig up some thing to hold it in place. then man its connect the wires an hope time. bingo! soon as i tern the power on it fires up ritte quick and i got air.
my bruther says if i called some buddy to come out they wood a prolly just said i need some $6000 unit cuz 95% a those guys are crooks. so man if you got kids what arent the britest in scool you tell them to go be heetin and a.c. guys. and then you tell um to treet there customers like they were famly and not try to make a boat paymint on evry call.
sayme theeng happnt to ol LOOT las yeer. cept LOOT got aholt of a good'un. only charched ol LOOT 300 hunnert smackers wich is now jus a liddle irritatin cause it wast only 22 smacker part
well man he prolly charged loot 45 bucks for the part, 75 for laber, 80 cuz it was reely hot and loot wanted a.c. and finely 100 for loot makin him drive out to eastbumbelfuck.
I've changed out about a dozen of those, for myself and neighbors. They are made differently than in the past, due to environmental regs (elimination of PCBs), and do not dissipate heat nearly as well, leading to quicker failure times. I keep a spare in my garage and suggest everyone do them same. Mine have a tendency to die between 1:00 and 3:00 in the morning.
Like your brother said, you can always kick start the fan until you can get a new capacitor. Turn the thermostat down to 60, so the unit never shuts off. The fan can run forever with a dying capacitor, it just cant start.
I apologize for my spelling.