Tom Gardner wrote:

"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message
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"Cross-Slide" wrote in message
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static pressure on the refrigerant is 110 psi on both sides at 70
degrees F ambient.


At 70F, your pressure should be a tad more than 10 lbs higher than
that...and so either you have a bad thermometer or else the
refrigerant is contaminated.

It sounds like the Compressor needs a capacitor also.

Thats a very real possibility.

The house is all-electric and very well insulated, my largest
electric bills are $200/mo for everything so I don't expect to
see
huge savings with a new heat pump.

If using a heat pump in a relatively mild climate, your winter
heating bill will be about 1/3 as high as it was with forced air
electric strip furnace.


Holy ****! Can I GET that lucky to just replace caps? I'll test them
tomorrow with the "bounce method" on my VTVM...how many people still
have one of those?.


Time to move into this century:

http://www.harborfreight.com/5-in-1-digital-multimeter-98674.html

$39.99

A simple ESR meter is handy, too. It will show you if the capacitor can
actually pass the required current.

You can build a simple one for under a buck:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESR_meter

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