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| Silver Surfer... |
 Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:37 pm |
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Took the cover off my Crosley air conditioner to find out why the compressor
motor was tripping its thermal overload a few seconds after kicking on.
The dual section running capacitor had a strange, twisty, grayish glob
coming out of its side. The stuff looked like one of those "snakes" that
the kids light on July 4th, but is was very hard and stuck tightly to the
capacitor body. Pried it off. Looked like a small hole where it came out.
I assumed that the capacitor had bought the farm and ordered a new one.
Ouch! Best price on the Internet was about $70. Is what I described
typically what's found when one of these capacitors fails? |
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| James Sweet... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:50 pm |
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Silver Surfer wrote:
Quote: Took the cover off my Crosley air conditioner to find out why the
compressor motor was tripping its thermal overload a few seconds after
kicking on.
The dual section running capacitor had a strange, twisty, grayish glob
coming out of its side. The stuff looked like one of those "snakes"
that the kids light on July 4th, but is was very hard and stuck tightly
to the capacitor body. Pried it off. Looked like a small hole where it
came out.
I assumed that the capacitor had bought the farm and ordered a new one.
Ouch! Best price on the Internet was about $70. Is what I described
typically what's found when one of these capacitors fails?
Usually they just open or short, but leaking is possible.
Jeez, $70 is a lot, last time I needed one I picked it up for something
like $6 from http://www.usamfg.net/, their inventory changes constantly
though so you need some luck. |
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| Meat Plow... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 9:24 pm |
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On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:37:46 -0400, Silver Surfer wrote:
Quote: Took the cover off my Crosley air conditioner to find out why the compressor
motor was tripping its thermal overload a few seconds after kicking on.
The dual section running capacitor had a strange, twisty, grayish glob
coming out of its side. The stuff looked like one of those "snakes" that
the kids light on July 4th, but is was very hard and stuck tightly to the
capacitor body. Pried it off. Looked like a small hole where it came out.
I assumed that the capacitor had bought the farm and ordered a new one.
Ouch! Best price on the Internet was about $70. Is what I described
typically what's found when one of these capacitors fails?
Typically they just fail. I thought they were filled with oil though, |
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| DaveM... |
| Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:12 pm |
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"Silver Surfer" <SilverSurfer at (no spam) comcast.net> wrote in message
news:RISdna9_8atFR9DVnZ2dnUVZ_t_inZ2d at (no spam) comcast.com...
Quote: Took the cover off my Crosley air conditioner to find out why the compressor
motor was tripping its thermal overload a few seconds after kicking on.
The dual section running capacitor had a strange, twisty, grayish glob coming
out of its side. The stuff looked like one of those "snakes" that the kids
light on July 4th, but is was very hard and stuck tightly to the capacitor
body. Pried it off. Looked like a small hole where it came out.
I assumed that the capacitor had bought the farm and ordered a new one. Ouch!
Best price on the Internet was about $70. Is what I described typically
what's found when one of these capacitors fails?
What's the value of the capacitor?
Where do you live (City/State/Country)?
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Dave M
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