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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
I don't pay for annual AC checkups. The technician cannot tell you when the capacitor will fail, but if they are doing regular checkups, it should provide for periodic capacitor replacements, but they almost never do. The things they do does nothing to extend the life of your system or to prevent a failure. It is just a money maker for the company. To me, charging $225 to replace a capacitor during a regular checkup is a double charge and outrageous.
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You *can* measure the capacitor to see if it is beginning to degraded. You can’t tell when it will fail but you can tell that it is no longer operating at full capacity.
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