"davexnet02" wrote in message
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On Tue, 7 Sep 2004 22:48:12 -0500, "TURTLE"
wrote:


This is Turtle.

Dave , We as hvac service company replace these capasitors Total cost $100.00
to
$150.00 and install it and warrant it for a year. I sell them at about $40.00
to
$60.00 with my mark up in them. $155.00 for a JARD dual capasitor , awwwwww
What
did you say to that fellow to **** him off that bad to want $155.00 for it.
Is
he your ex brother in law of something.
Hi Turtle - haha that's funny. No, I used the parts finder he
http://www.expertappliance.com/rheem-ac.html
In the first box selected capacitor dual.
And in the second, entered the model number, rafd-042jbs

The original part that came up was $155 - must admit, seemed a liitle
steep to me too.

OR Call Grainger or go to www.grainer.com and get you one.

If you can post the data or e-mail me the data off the side of the capasitor
and
i can see what you got and hook you up with one from the suppliers on the net
to
get you one.
But what if the part is OK and the compresor is stuck?
There is the sound of grinding for a few seconds, then it stops for
a couple of minutes and then repeats, again for a few seconds.
Isn't this the compressor trying to start, and then the safety systems
cutting it out? Or could this capacitor still be to blame?


This is Turtle

Nothing is for sure in this world, but the grinding is the compressor tring to
start and being help started by the capasitor. Without the help of the capasitor
it will not start. Now it can be a bad compressor too and a new capsitor will
not help.

The compressor will act like starting a car on a weak battery when the capsitor
is weak or bad. Like I said before it is Capsitor , Need a hard start Kit, or
Bad Compressor.

Here is your proceedure :

1 Make sure pressure of system is balanced
2 Cool off compressor to ambiant temp.
3 Change capasitor out
4 Make sure you have good 220 volt service
5 if it had a hard start kit on it change it out
6 crank it up and if it humms and fail to crank --- change compressor or
condenser unit out.

50% of the time it is the capsitor and 50% of the time it is the compressor.
Your odds are 50/50 on it being the capasitor. How's your luck been running
lately ?

TURTLE