"Suzie-Q" wrote in message
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Just a curiosity question. Seems like every year and a half
to two years I have to have the capacitor replaced on the
outside part of my central AC. Is this normal? I mean, do
capacitors normally wear out this often?

I'm in central Texas, so the AC gets a lot of use in the
summer. I think the outside unit is about six or seven years
old.


Where are you located? I ask as it could be a problem with the line
conditioning (or lack of) in the mains. We had a place out away from town
that had a major plant on the same line. Their load reflected a major phase
shift to our AC and until an active phase balance was set up on our leg we
were blowing stuff (not just caps) all the time.