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A/C repair
Our A/C stopped yesterday morning and based upon the great
reviews of Chuck Farrell I called them. They told me that they were backed up until next week and recommended M & S Air Conditioning. M & S showed up in the afternoon and had the problem fixed in no time. Two great techs and price. We were so impressed that we signed up for there P.M. service. |
What was the problem and cost to fix it?
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Don,t want to give exact price because every job different would not be fair to company, but including the PM contract was under $500. |
What is "PM service". Is that a service contract just for the A/C? How long a contact for $500 bucks? Well, maybe deduct $125 for the capacitor minimum labor & part so probably around $375. What are you getting for that?
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Nothing worse than being hit with a fully charged capacitor--definitly not a DIY for the average villager--espicially if you have a defrib implant or a pacemaker
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It is funny as I was posting this I wondered how long it would take to get to get a warning of how extremely dangerous this is (it is not). Invariably, this comes from someone who has never done the task. Only a few minutes, it seems |
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I'm a retired electrical contractor, I know how to discharge a capacitor-- an old trick in the navy was to put a charged capacitor in someones jump suit-- it was like getting a zap from a taser
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If it is early replacement of a part prone to failure is illadvised, I do not. |
Lots of legacy contractors, are too busy to be bothered with anything but new construction or complete replacements-IMHO, if your system is more than 10 yrs old plan on a new system soon--it will be cheaper in the long run
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Here is a video on how to discharge capacitors. If you have made it this far in life I am confident that you can handle this task.
How To Safely Discharge Your Air Conditioner Run Capacitor - YouTube If you are a DIYer you will likely agree that this is very simple. |
How to remove old capacitor and not get zapped? When looking online, how to find right size replacement?
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When you buy a replacement pass by all Chinese caps and get a USA cap. |
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At my last home in TV four of my neighbors had their A/C go out. In each case it was the capacitor.
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When our AC was four years old, Sun Kool, as part of their semi-annual maintenance checkup, replaced our capacitor as a preventative measure. They said it was easier to do this at this time instead of waiting for it to go on some very hot day :-)
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You can most certainly check a capacitor, you do not need for it to fail. You do, however need a meter capable of doing that. |
I'd just as soon open the panel, find out what size capacitor I need, buy a new one on Amazon and replace it when needed.
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Last time this was discussed on TOTV, maybe two years ago. Someone posted this as the unit that would fit Carrier compressors in TV.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon....UL._SS135_.jpg https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XQQBRPW...v_ov_lig_dp_it BTW, my unit's capacitor went out 4 years ago, on a unit that was 4 years old at that time. Chuck Ferrell came out and replaced it for $75. He said the capacitor was free since they have a 10 year warranty, even though Munn's installed my unit, and the $75 was for the service call. |
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