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Originally Posted by John_W
Three years ago my A/C went out on a 4 year old unit, it blew warm air. I called Chuck Farrell at 352-787-9497. The tech looked at the inside unit and brushed the coils. He checked the freon and it was good. He checked the capacitor and said it was bad. He said your unit is only 4 years old and that part is covered for ten years, so he said the capacitor was free and they charged $80 for the service call. They did not install the unit originally when the home was built, it has Munn's on the unit.
At just about the same time, someone posted on this very message board that their capacitor had gone out and he called Munn's, they were the original installer of his unit, and he asked if $320 charged him by Munn's sounded right for that repair. He said Munn's never mentioned the part was covered by warranty.
I have since found out from this message board that Amazon sells the capacitors for $15.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XQQBRPW...v_ov_lig_dp_it |
From my reading the life of an AC capacitor is about 4 years.
As part of our annual service I asked the tech to test ours which is five years old. Truth, I don't know. He reported that it was weak.
I was a bit surprised that the original used by Carrier is made in China as I've read that the ones made in the US are better and longer lived. We had it changed as part of our annual service tune up and the cost including the part was $80.
I believe if you call for a service because you unit is not working and it is found that the capacitor has failed your cost will be almost twice what I paid-about $130.