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Originally Posted by mtdjed
Have a neighbor who called one of The Villages larger Air Conditioner installers for a yearly checkup. Don't know how much neighbor paid for the checkup. However, neighbor was told by service rep that Capacitor readings indicate that a new capacitor was likely needed before current capacitor failed. A price of $225 was verbally quoted.
I know that a capacitor costs between $10 to $20. If service rep was reading Capacitor, he already had the panel off. That meant he had to simply, disconnect power, discharge capacitor (Screwdriver between contacts), remove one bracket screw, disconnect 3 wires, remove old capacitor and simply install new capacitor. You can replace capacitor in about same time as it takes to check capacitor readings.
Since capacitors are one of the most frequent items to fail, are inexpensive and easy to replace, why don't we as the customers expect or force this abuse to stop.
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I had a tepid air issue where my HVAC worked perfectly fine except for the heater blowing lukewarm air all of a sudden. Tech guy decides to change the capacitor without even telling me and charged me $250. It of course did nothing to fix my problem but they told me to wait for hours before the heat would work. WTF!!!!!! I sent them a text saying we ALL know the capacitor had nothing to do with my issue and that I was VERY DISAPPOINTED with that visit. Next day they taped my check to my door. Good for their karma!!!
My issue was a disconnected duct under my house, which I fixed myself.
The moral of the story: educate yourself and let people know you are not a fool when they're trying to scam you.