On Dec 9, 1:05*pm, (Rich Greenberg) wrote:
Thanks all for your responses. *Unit has been working fine so I am going
to (probably) pass on getting the hard start unit. *My house lights do
not dim when the unit starts which I understand is one of the symptoms of
needing the hard start. *But just to make sure, I will call the
manufacturer (Rheem).

If it needed a hard start kit when operating normally, don't
you think Rheem would have put one in?