Author Topic: $200 Capacitor  (Read 3827 times)

Offline MasterBlaster

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$200 Capacitor
« on: June 17, 2010, 10:51:30 PM »
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Decided to fire up the central AC last week to find it was dead. Bummer..
Called the repairman for service and they charged me $89 diagnostic fee + $119 for a replacement capacitor.


out of curiosity, I searched online for that part and found it goes for around $25

If this ever happens again, I'll take the chance and just try swapping that first before I call anyone...

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Offline thuffman03

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Re: $200 Capacitor
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2010, 11:54:14 PM »
That is a big cap!
Got Carver?

SunnyDaze

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Re: $200 Capacitor
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2010, 12:46:26 AM »
Be careful. Kill the breaker a few hours before you do the job, or else you'll be Zapped like Scott Baio.