A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
(OP)
Just had 2 aircon units fail probably at the same time although I can not swear to it as the non-cooling wasn't noticed until different times of the evening.
Have attached photo of 1 of the capacitors from the compressor showing the failure, the second unit capacitor is also knackered but no external damage.
Comments welcome as to what might have happened.
Thanks
Have attached photo of 1 of the capacitors from the compressor showing the failure, the second unit capacitor is also knackered but no external damage.
Comments welcome as to what might have happened.
Thanks
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)





RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
The thing that almost always fails first is the condenser fan motor, always a PSC type, typically installed with a large 2 blade propeller fan and running at fairly high slip.
Second most frequently failed component for us is the phase shift capacitor for that motor.
Third worst is the phase shift capacitor for the compressor.
Fourth worst is the contactor for the compressor.
It's hard duty.
Two similar units failing at nearly the same time, assuming they are roughly of the same age, is not common but not impossible.
Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
But easy cheap fix-up here in Thailand, full service on both units plus 2 capacitors and labour approx $US70 total including a tip for the 2 "workers".
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)
RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
Any chance of a lightning strike or other voltage surge on the grid?
Bill
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RE: A/C compessor Capacitors failure.
It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts. (Sherlock Holmes - A Scandal in Bohemia.)