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Default Is A/C capacitor supposed to look like this?

On Mon, 3 May 2010 20:07:37 -0700 (PDT), brassplyer
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On May 3, 10:38*pm, "Stormin Mormon"
wrote:
5/370 should be the cap for the fan.



Actually the big horizontal fan at the top runs, the basic problem is
the compressor isn't engaging. First noticed due to no "quish-quish-


Don't they both use one capacitor?

gurgle" in the freon line inside going into the air handler as should
be happening. A few months ago when it was last fired up it was doing
fine.


Looks like the
terminals are pretty badly rusted.


They are.

I did find a couple of dessicated dead lizards hung up in the
electronics.


Those are there to increase the joule value. Don't remove them.