Sometimes they are a flatten oval shape. Either one is almost always silver colored. Usually has two terminals, but if it is one of those that shares a capacitor for the fan it will have a minimum of three terminals. Visually looking you might see a bulge or bubbled out stuff on the top. If you do definitely bad. If you don't see either symptom a capacitor checker is needed or substitute a new one a same value. A bad start relay will produce almost the same symptons.. None of these would I recommend a blind person checking out unless sighted help is available. And yes turn off power. Hopefully there is a disconnect on the house feeding the unit. If not it is play circus with the jhouse panel box. Remember the control relays in the outside unit are fed at 24 volts from the inside unit and the outside switch will not turn off that power. 24 volts will not kill you, but it might make you jerk and bang iinto something. Ron Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Donnie Parrett To: BlindHandyMan Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2008 2:11 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Jenifer's Air Conditioner
Hey Jenifer, I forgot to add in my previous post that it only took him about 20 minutes to fix it. So, it must not be too serious. He said if you have a large unit, the capacitor will be about the size of a Pepsi can. It will be smaller if you have a smaller unit. Contact me at: Donnie Parrett 1956 Asa Flat Road Annville, KY 40402 Home # 606-364-3321 Skype Name: Donnie1261 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
