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

Some units use a dual value cap, but this one appears to be
separate caps.

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On Mon, 3 May 2010 20:07:37 -0700 (PDT), brassplyer
wrote:

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.