On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 6:50:43 PM UTC-7, wrote:
On Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 6:45:42 PM UTC-7, philo wrote:
On 05/01/2016 08:34 PM, wrote:



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The capacitor needs to be the same value as the original.


Just for example if the original was 10 mfd

then if your replacement was 10mfd /10 mfd you'd use only one of them

or if 5mfd/ 5 mfd then the two would need to be wired in parallel.


The values do not necessarily have to be exact but should be within a
couple of mfd

They are exactly the same. Double checked it after the fan acted the way it did.



Then the guy must have mis-diagnosed things.

Sorry I can't give better help...but is this switching on and off, the
same problem you had prior to changing to capacitor and contactor?

I didn't have the problem before. He said the capacitor and the contactor were about to go out and recommended replacing them.

Disregard...I let it run a bit longer and it started to run normal again. Seems fine now.