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Somebody should be ashamed of their work and how they did not properly mount that capacitor.
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A milk carton would give better protection! 🤣
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ehsx
A milk carton would give better protection!
They could print the suspect's face on the side even.
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Unless we change direction we are likely to end up where we are going.
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Run Cap Bandit strikes again!
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BALloyd
Run Cap Bandit strikes again!
Yep typical low bid parts changer and freon salesman.
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I'm tired of these mediocre "semi flammable" refrigerants. If we're going to do it let's do it right.
Unless we change direction we are likely to end up where we are going.
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I love the thought process behind taking the time to wrap a capacitor inside of a milk carton and tape it up. At what point did that person think, hmmm I think I'm going to do this
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406Tinner
I love the thought process behind taking the time to wrap a capacitor inside of a milk carton and tape it up. At what point did that person think, hmmm I think I'm going to do this
It didn't fit in the factory provided bracket so they said oh heck I'm not even going to take it out of the box I'll just throw some electrical tape around it and call it good.
That's actually not a milk carton that's a capacitor box.
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Unless we change direction we are likely to end up where we are going.
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Chocolate milk carton would’ve been better…
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Zamoramax
I thought you were showing how you changed the capacitor.
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No but I did that too and it looked darn good when I was done. 
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R600a
No but I did that too and it looked darn good when I was done.
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Lol. I actually chuckled and my kid looked at me like go ahead and clue us in.
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R600a
I was sent out because the AC quit due to a failed capacitor but in a quick once over look at it I noticed the algae growing all over the Copeland scroll and I thought to myself there's no way that could happen without flood back. Interesting thing is it only took removing 3/4 of a pound of refrigerant to get the superheat to where it should be.
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The runcap bandit strikes again... 
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*Installation is more important than the brand of equipment
*The duct system keeps the house comfortable; the equipment only heats and cools (and dehumidifies)
*The value of comfort, over the long term; leave economic choices behind!
Choose your contractor wisely!
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Don't forget to put a cap on the liquid service port 😉
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Also some don't realize that the strap is what grounds the capacitor. 🤨
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Don't forget to put a cap on the liquid service port
I did and I threw away the plastic one from the suction port and put a good brass knurled cap on it too.
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Unless we change direction we are likely to end up where we are going.
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VTP99
Also some don't realize that the strap is what grounds the capacitor.
And I think strapping it in place prevents it from bouncing around which can damage the internals and cause early failure. Also the strap thermally connects the capacitor to the case at least to some degree so it might keep it slightly cooler and make it last longer. I know I have noticed that capacitors in boxes or unsecured capacitors don't seem to last as long.
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Originally Posted by
R600a
And I think strapping it in place prevents it from bouncing around which can damage the internals and cause early failure. Also the strap thermally connects the capacitor to the case at least to some degree so it might keep it slightly cooler and make it last longer. I know I have noticed that capacitors in boxes or unsecured capacitors don't seem to last as long.
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I usually like to bubble wrap mine before I put them in the cardboard. And I usually like to pre-dampen the cardboard so that I get a good ground . But the biggest mistake this guy made he didn’t use near enough electrical tape ,you have to cover the whole cardboard box.
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R600a
And I think strapping it in place prevents it from bouncing around which can damage the internals and cause early failure. Also the strap thermally connects the capacitor to the case at least to some degree so it might keep it slightly cooler and make it last longer. I know I have noticed that capacitors in boxes or unsecured capacitors don't seem to last as long.
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Trivia about older units...
Ever notice... with the Rheem rectangles and the Rheem cubes... the capacitor is in an airstream???
There was a reason for that... to keep it cooler!
I serviced an older Rheem rectangle unit a few weeks ago... as I remember, I installed that one, around 2004... it has the factory capacitor in it.
Honestly, it wold not take much for the manufacturers to cut the hole in the electrics plate and stick the cap into the airstream... but none of them seem to care... 
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*Installation is more important than the brand of equipment
*The duct system keeps the house comfortable; the equipment only heats and cools (and dehumidifies)
*The value of comfort, over the long term; leave economic choices behind!
Choose your contractor wisely!
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I foiled a murderer plot.
Originally Posted by
ga-hvac-tech
Trivia about older units...
Ever notice... with the Rheem rectangles and the Rheem cubes... the capacitor is in an airstream???
There was a reason for that... to keep it cooler!
I serviced an older Rheem rectangle unit a few weeks ago... as I remember, I installed that one, around 2004... it has the factory capacitor in it.
Honestly, it wold not take much for the manufacturers to cut the hole in the electrics plate and stick the cap into the airstream... but none of them seem to care...
I assume your talking about the ones recessed into hole that’s cut into electrical box and held in place with sheet metal screws . I always wondered about that . Makes sense to me now .
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