My new capacitor arrived on the front porch late today. Pretty quick
delivery. That Kentucky place must be somewhere nearby.

The AC is humming again.

It was gratifying to see that the new capacitor was an Aerovox and made
right here in the USA.

"DaveM" wrote in message
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"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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Mr. Goldwasser,

No, I did not test the capacitor. Just ASSumed it was bad.

Your worm analogy was excellent. That's exactly what this "creature"
looks like.

Mr. DaveM,

Capacitor is 25 + 7.5 microfarads at 370V.

My humble abode is in Moundsville, West Virginia, US of A.

New capacitor is on the way from Appliance Parts Pro's warehouse in
Kentucky.

My Master Card is taking a few days off to recover.


"DaveM" wrote in message
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"Silver Surfer" wrote in message
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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?


What's the value of the capacitor?
Where do you live (City/State/Country)?

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Dave M
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Experience: What you get when you don't get what you want




Thanks for replying,
I wasn't prying... I was just going to try to help find a source for the
capacitor close to your location, but not so pricey. But, since you've
already ordered, I won't go to that trouble.

Those multi-section caps can carry a hefty price tag, but in many cases,
they can be replaced by two (significantly cheaper) single-section caps.
Mounting style and space permitting, of course.

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Dave M
MasonDG44 at comcast dot net (Just substitute the appropriate characters
in the address)

Experience: What you get when you don't get what you want