???
I said the wires were brittle from being old and cracked when I tried
to move them to get to the relay. SO, at this point I cannot plug it
in to check voltage across the compressor because the wires are now
broken. Thus, I need to decide whether to go to the trouble of
replacing these wires, just to test the compressor. Or, installing a
hard start kit, which will have NEW wires on it and hoping that fixes
the problem.