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Default Motor Run capacitor

On Feb 10, 5:01*pm, JIMMIE wrote:
The HVAC guy told my wife the motor run capacitor on my AC unit needed
changing because it measured 4 instead of 5. He didn't say 4 or 5
what, I'm assuming uF. Does this really need to be replaced?

Jimmie


A motor run capacitor has a leeway of plus/minus 10-15% in
microfarads (generally) without causing any problems with what its
hooked up to. This very low capacity Capacitor would be inexpensive
to replace if it needed it ...and just a matter of 3 push on wires
most of the time.