I had to buy a new multimeter to read capacitance since the one I had (which I thought was a decent Klein one) didn't have it. It's also handy to find out what type of capacitor your system uses and buy one to keep on hand. Capacitors always seem to go out on the hottest day of the year and always on a weekend.
they actually go bad sitting around not charged more than in use so you might not want to get one when unit is new my unit is 24 years old never had to change it. nowadays they use cheap chinese crap capacitors if you get a good one it should last.
Man, Klein tools are alright, aside from bending flatheads with any torque, but their multimeters are absolutely terrible. And dangerous. Fluke all day! Safer and more reliable.
This video just saved me $500! I had an appointment to have an HVAC person over tomorrow that would have cost $350 for a diagnostic, and the repair would have been a week later for another $200. Tanks to this video, I was able to fix my unit the same day it stopped working (and it only cost me a $30 capacitor). THANK YOU!!!!
Even though you pulled the disconnect, you should also 1) set the AC to off via the thermostat, 2) set circuit breakers to off, and 3) still check that there is no voltage at the contactor. Also wear safety glasses. If the capacitor shorted out from having a charge sending a spark, well, that's a small piece of metal sent flying.
Thanks, this was very helpful! Solved my issue for about $30. Found the part in stock at Ace HW. For anyone who was wondering what multimeter setting to use for checking residual voltage, it's DC voltage. Cheap DMMs won't have a capacitance meter, unfortunately, but if the symptoms are fan blowing but not cooling.. and no fault nessage on the panel, good chance it's the cap.
Since you covered the label on the new capacitor with those straps, it's a good idea to use a marker and write the value in plain sight ... 40-5. I usually date it too.
Changed my compressor capacitor too. My outdoor condenser unit looked basically like yours, and I was able to find the part I needed in town! The old capacitor was reading 0.7 nF and 1 uF on the other. Completely dead. Wired it up and now the house is cooling back down. Great advice, thank you for making this video! I'll keep an eye on my A/C a lot more now!
Busted caps are the most common cause for no cooling. If there is even the slightest bulge on the top of it, it is failing. Check your AC TODAY and get a spare one (
My air conditioning did this and I told my landlord and he started researching service technicians and how much it would cost. I told him I took care of it for about $20. He loves me. 😂
Thank you sooo much!!! It was a Sunday and had same issue with fan working but no cool air. We bypassed getting the correct multimeter and went straight for the $23 capacitor from hardware store and just swapped it out, cheaper than getting AC repair person out on a Sunday and it did the trick, cool air!!! God bless you 🥵😅
A service call costs $100 for coming to your house, an onsite diagnostic test costs another $100, the labor for changing the part costs $300, while the part costs $30. Total for Capacitor changes equal $530 Min excluding tax
Finally got it up and running. The only delays we had was because we realized we needed some extra parts (I’ll list that below) czcams.com/users/postUgkxihMYiJNXcHdbH-7ihymsLz61l7jVyb5O . So we have a loft where our current hvac just couldn’t seem to keep cool during the summer. We have been using a window unit since we bought this house over 6 years ago (all the houses in this neighborhood were built in the 80’s and majority of the houses built like ours use a window unit). I hate window units because they are just so noisy and the one we had really only cools one side of the loft. I had contemplated upgrading our current HVAC, but with all the rising prices these days, it would take years before saving up enough to do that. With the advice of my father-in-law (used to run an HVAC business), he recommended we get an inverter instead. We thought we bought everything we needed, but there were just a few other parts we didn’t anticipate needing (which is what caused most of our delay). My friend and father-in-law did all the work to get it installed and running and now we have nice cool air circulating nicely throughout the entire loft. It is very quiet and even the outside unit is much quieter than our main HVAC unit. Saved ourselves thousands getting this.
THANK YOU! I watched this video and two others when my AC died with exact symptoms of capacitor failure. I was able to safely diagnose it with a multimeter and replace it thanks in part to your tutorial! I even had to swap with a wider Round capacitor and use the makeshift strap holder just like yours. Saved me money and misery of waiting three days at 110 degrees! You're the man
Well what I didn't realize is that your air conditioner can still work a tiny bit. So I cleaned the condenser coil and then I cleaned the evaporator coil and I replaced my filter and the air conditioner still wasn't cooling very well. Then I caught this video and thought I might as well go ahead and check the capacitor as I thought the air conditioner would completely crap out if the capacitor was bad, but that was not the case for me. So I checked my capacitor and it was indeed bad. Thank you for the nice simple video!
My unit was performing the same way, unit running but not cooling. Flicking the thermostat switch in the house a few times and the unit would start cooling house for few hours, then start blowing warm air. I paid $400.00 repair bill and after two technician trips to house, we found the electric plug connector was LOOSE on the RETURN VALVE (or reversing valve) connector???? Pushed the plug back on connector and a/c unit has been working fine for 3 weeks😀😀 Techs were puzzled and started suggesting needing new $2,600 coil or thermostats etc??? Luckily the 2nd tech remembered this happing to him on another call and checked it.
@@ColdRanch208 regardless if he replies or not, I did order a new capacitor and changed it. AC works like a charm. I ruined my capacitor by putting in a strong air filter with a 13 merv rating I believe and didn’t change it for about 6 months. The air filter clogged up making the unit run harder and therefore the capacitor burned out.
Great info, but the problem I ran into was no HVAC supplier would sell a capacitor to a non licensed installer...something about fires and liability? Ebay sure....buy a few back-ups....
Before you do something just go on CZcams last time somebody wants to charge me 1600 dollars for replace some pipes that I did just watching CZcams it took me literally 20 minutes
Brian, I've sold around 80 pond aeration compressors, and when I would test them on the bench, about 10% had bad capacitors. One that was bench tested failed when it reached it's destination, it failed because the capacitor was already going bad. I only got one returned to me for not working, but it turns out, they guy testing it didn't know what he was doing, and it wouldn't run. He damaged the fan blades in trying to get it to run. I took the motor to a repair shop, he put it on the bench, and it ran like it was supposed to. Where he went wrong was he tried to fix it himself, and voided the warranty, and he had to pay to return it to me, and he tried to leave me negative feedback claiming that I was at fault for selling him a defective pump, but eBay removed it because it was his own fault it didn't run. The motor guy thought the guy was testing an AC motor on DC, and they don't work that way. I replaced the broken fan blades, and resold it in working condition.
Ac not blowing cold air could also be a problem with the contactor. It's not always the cap. I have seen some blown out contactors or a contactor with a bug in between the contactors.
I changed the capacitor and it is not blowing cold air. Help Freon R22. air conditioner. The guy came out and said it was low. He put more in and still no air. Now what? Thank you for sharing this video.
Nice job as always! I have to drop in with 2 small suggestions (from one non-HVAC tech to another 😀): 1. CHECK THE LINE VOLTAGE WITH YOUR METER before you touch anything! It's rare, but once in a blue moon the disconnect can fail to break the connection. Just set to "V" and touch your leads to the 2 screws on the incoming wires on the contactor. Takes 5 seconds; could save your life. 2. Minor grievance, but when you mount the new capacitor, orient it so you can read the 40/5 on it. (At this point I'd just write "40/5" on it with a sharpie instead of taking it out again) Other than that, this is a great tip. A very common failure, and it's saved me that service call multiple times!
Thanks Sir, if you are in SOCAL HomeDepot and Lowes don't usually carry it in store. I would suggest ACE Hardware, they have different sizes and Volts. Got mine from them same and it worked just fine. This is after I spent 3 days in scorching heat day/night.
Bad capacitor is such a common problem I think they design capacitors NOT to last more than a few years! HVAC companies make lot of money replacing a $20 part.
I did replace a new capacitor as all number are covered old one. But, the cold air not blowing. The fan runs perfect. What else problem could be possible? Thank you so much.
I completely understand about having to pay for labor I have an AC that’s a year old it hasn’t even hardly been used at all not even for one summer because I’ve been remodeling the house so I don’t believe I should have to pay for labor charges either and conveniently the AC man who installed it, retired, so no service after the sale.
In year 2002, my heat wasn't working so I called an AC/heating guy to come out. He cleaned my flame sensor and charged me $250. Thats why I want to learn how to do it myself.
Does that capacitor control both fan motors? the outside fan and the internal fan that blows in the house? and I guess it kicks on the compressor also ?
It only control the outdoor fan and the compressor! It gives it enough juice to kick everything on, it’s kind of like a battery in a way but it stores electricity. (Loose description)
My daughters LG air conditioner, after being cleaned by a technician recently, started to work differently after he left, e.g. when I turned on the inside unit, the fan blows at full capacity and then the inside unit shuts down. The outside motor (compressor) doesn't kick in at all when this is happening, and then the inside unit that is blowing the fan at full speed shuts off within a minute. I rang the technician and he said that he was willing to come back to have a look at it and of course take my left arm for the problem he caused in my opinion, because it was working fine before he pulled it apart to clean it, so I told him to FO in the nicest possible way. I am not in anyway a technical kind of guy, but I think I can change the capacitor by myself, if that is what it is. I would appreciate any assistance that anyone reading this can provide me with, e.g. do you think it is anything else apart from the capacitor. The outside motor (compressor) kicks in after about half a dozen attempts at turning it on and off, when the inside unit was blowing air at full speed, so it sounds to me like it is the capacitor, as that is what gives the compressor that extra kick from videos that I have seen. Appreciate all assistance in advance.
This helped alot. I just tested mine using your video for the how to. Was able to find out mine is bad to. Just ordered a replacement part now. Thanks for the how to.
Turn off the power first before you open any electrical device. You might accidentally touch anything live inside that could damage the device or harm yourself when opening the the box
@@ThatFixItGuy Yeah you disconnect the AC after you opened the housing, exposing the live wire in the tight spot. Accidents might happen to a regular viewer guy of yours. First rule "Safety First"
You also must remember the HVAC tech has to drive to your house troubleshoot what the problem is and replace it and hopefully they use a capacitor that is made in the United States that will last longer than a year
Yup. And he’ll find whatever opportunity he can to come up with issues that don’t really exist and rip you off. I don’t trust repair people in general. Do it yourself if you can.
Hello there, I have ALMOST the same set up, except that in my capacitor does not have anything attached to the FAN...even though it always worked, except that just last night if failed...I tested the capacitor like you did and I get no power in the large number and only 2.7 in the other. Why FAN is not there? any ideas?
Great info but I call it "Phishing" title. The are multiple videos on same issue. If they are all titled similar way as yours you have to watch all of them to find out that they are about same issue. There fore getting HVAC guy would be cheaper than spending more than hour watching youtube on same issue. You have good content in this video don't ruin it with tricky title. Simply bad capacitor in brackets would solve it.
Why bother testing the capacitor just get a new one specially if your old one has been there for a few years…the problem is when you replace your capacitor and your ac is running but not cooling…so what now? Clean the line that runs from the unit inside the house…still no cold air….now wash with clear water the fins in the outside unit…still no cold air….
Great video, i have got a small question ! Appreciate it if you could possibly respond back. My AC unit stopped cooling in spite of the fact that the outside unit i.e. condenser fan is rotating. Do you think it's still a possibility that either that capacitor or contactor has gone bad ?
Why do I keep waking up sweating but the thermostat claims it’s working 😂😅 I feel like I’m being set up again. Why do they constantly have to do this to me? Why can’t I just have a good working reliable a/c and oven? I pay my rent.
We have a brand new unit and n9t blowing cold air. Technician been working on it over a month now. And yet still not working. First he said capacitory, then coolant. Now he was saying he need to check attic, i told him, hvac filters are clog ,full of dirt, that might be the reason why is not blowing air. He is not checking what i told him. What should we do?
He may be trying to see if you were going to take the initiative and change this filter yourself. Who in their right mind will call a service companies to come and change a filter for them when they see the filter is clogged?😂
We just bought lennox aircon it cost $9,350 techinician installed last sunday july 23,2023 but that night we noticed the blowing is not that cold and the temperature set up at 74. What do we do? Techinician went here to put some freon yesterday monday but still the same..we wanted to return our new lennox bcoz we are not satisfied we still using electricfan at night
@@ThatFixItGuy technician went here again this afternoon he noticed that there is a missing parts incondenser and he ordered it. And then he temporary put the parts until it arrives. And the cold is back we can feel it. Thank you for the reply sir.
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I had to buy a new multimeter to read capacitance since the one I had (which I thought was a decent Klein one) didn't have it.
It's also handy to find out what type of capacitor your system uses and buy one to keep on hand. Capacitors always seem to go out on the hottest day of the year and always on a weekend.
I was not aware that they go out a lot. I am new to this experience. Thank you for that information
they actually go bad sitting around not charged more than in use so you might not want to get one when unit is new my unit is 24 years old never had to change it. nowadays they use cheap chinese crap capacitors if you get a good one it should last.
I bought a backup 35/5 MFD capacitor in May 2018 and today I verified that the charge is still good.
I did that a few years ago. I don't remember where I put the spare. It's probably with the spare water filters I bought for the fridge.🙄
Man, Klein tools are alright, aside from bending flatheads with any torque, but their multimeters are absolutely terrible. And dangerous. Fluke all day! Safer and more reliable.
Man, you saved my 111 degrees Arizona summer. You a hero
This video just saved me $500! I had an appointment to have an HVAC person over tomorrow that would have cost $350 for a diagnostic, and the repair would have been a week later for another $200. Tanks to this video, I was able to fix my unit the same day it stopped working (and it only cost me a $30 capacitor). THANK YOU!!!!
How do you know the repair would have been 200 and done a week later if you never had the diagnostic done?
Cause thats what they quoted him the price would be and timing if it was the capacitor issue
Even though you pulled the disconnect, you should also 1) set the AC to off via the thermostat, 2) set circuit breakers to off, and 3) still check that there is no voltage at the contactor. Also wear safety glasses. If the capacitor shorted out from having a charge sending a spark, well, that's a small piece of metal sent flying.
Noted!
Thanks, this was very helpful! Solved my issue for about $30. Found the part in stock at Ace HW. For anyone who was wondering what multimeter setting to use for checking residual voltage, it's DC voltage. Cheap DMMs won't have a capacitance meter, unfortunately, but if the symptoms are fan blowing but not cooling.. and no fault nessage on the panel, good chance it's the cap.
Your welcome.
Since you covered the label on the new capacitor with those straps, it's a good idea to use a marker and write the value in plain sight ... 40-5. I usually date it too.
Buy a spare
Changed my compressor capacitor too. My outdoor condenser unit looked basically like yours, and I was able to find the part I needed in town! The old capacitor was reading 0.7 nF and 1 uF on the other. Completely dead. Wired it up and now the house is cooling back down. Great advice, thank you for making this video! I'll keep an eye on my A/C a lot more now!
You are OUTSTANDING!!! Thank You... world would be a much better place with folks like you!
Busted caps are the most common cause for no cooling. If there is even the slightest bulge on the top of it, it is failing. Check your AC TODAY and get a spare one (
That is great to know. Thank you for the hero tip as well.
My air conditioning did this and I told my landlord and he started researching service technicians and how much it would cost. I told him I took care of it for about $20. He loves me. 😂
Do you mean busted caps on the capacitor?
Busted caps where, on what?
Thank you sooo much!!! It was a Sunday and had same issue with fan working but no cool air. We bypassed getting the correct multimeter and went straight for the $23 capacitor from hardware store and just swapped it out, cheaper than getting AC repair person out on a Sunday and it did the trick, cool air!!! God bless you 🥵😅
A service call costs $100 for coming to your house, an onsite diagnostic test costs another $100, the labor for changing the part costs $300, while the part costs $30. Total for Capacitor changes equal $530 Min excluding tax
It worked!!! Thank you. You and other ac repair youtubers saved me $300 . Ordered the capacitor from amazon for $20
Thank you, quick and easy fix. I ordered another one as a back up for half the price
Your welcome. So Glad this could help you out.
Leaving a comment as a token of my THANKS. This was exactly the information that I needed. Really apprecaite the quality content sir!
Your welcome! So glad this could help you out.
Thank you so much! This is exactly what my church needed to get our A/C up and running!
The capacitor is the most common reason but not always.
Finally got it up and running. The only delays we had was because we realized we needed some extra parts (I’ll list that below) czcams.com/users/postUgkxihMYiJNXcHdbH-7ihymsLz61l7jVyb5O . So we have a loft where our current hvac just couldn’t seem to keep cool during the summer. We have been using a window unit since we bought this house over 6 years ago (all the houses in this neighborhood were built in the 80’s and majority of the houses built like ours use a window unit). I hate window units because they are just so noisy and the one we had really only cools one side of the loft. I had contemplated upgrading our current HVAC, but with all the rising prices these days, it would take years before saving up enough to do that. With the advice of my father-in-law (used to run an HVAC business), he recommended we get an inverter instead. We thought we bought everything we needed, but there were just a few other parts we didn’t anticipate needing (which is what caused most of our delay). My friend and father-in-law did all the work to get it installed and running and now we have nice cool air circulating nicely throughout the entire loft. It is very quiet and even the outside unit is much quieter than our main HVAC unit. Saved ourselves thousands getting this.
THANK YOU! I watched this video and two others when my AC died with exact symptoms of capacitor failure. I was able to safely diagnose it with a multimeter and replace it thanks in part to your tutorial! I even had to swap with a wider Round capacitor and use the makeshift strap holder just like yours. Saved me money and misery of waiting three days at 110 degrees! You're the man
Great video and information Brian. That sucks that it was under warranty and nobody to take care of it.
It’s ok Britt. End the end the house is cooler and that’s all that matters.
Well what I didn't realize is that your air conditioner can still work a tiny bit. So I cleaned the condenser coil and then I cleaned the evaporator coil and I replaced my filter and the air conditioner still wasn't cooling very well. Then I caught this video and thought I might as well go ahead and check the capacitor as I thought the air conditioner would completely crap out if the capacitor was bad, but that was not the case for me. So I checked my capacitor and it was indeed bad. Thank you for the nice simple video!
So glad this could help you out.
Great and helpful video! I like it when a video shows how to use the multimeter in a specific job. 👍🏻
Had to cause that was one thing I did not see with the couple of videos I watched. Thank you.
Thank you so much, I followed your video and figured mine out. You saved me money and I learned something new. Thanks again!
Glad I could help! Please share your experience and help us grow. Thank you
Knowledge- personality- and easy to digest material.
You are the man! This helped me fix ours for under $23 before 9am - less than 12 hours of outage.
That is great to hear!
What a blessing this video was for me. We just now finished switching out the capacitor on my AC. Thank you so much!!😊
Glad it helped and you’re welcome.
so ..this is the bite of not having a partner...seems simple enough but I have to call a person to do it.... :(
Hey thanks for the video. My HVAC guy wanted to charge me $600 for this job. You just saved me $600.
Thanks for the knowledge my friend 😁👍🔥
Thanks for this video! Very helpful with my AC unit blowing warm air 😊👍👍
Your video helped me diagnose and replace the capacitor today! Thank you!
Glad it helped. Hope we can help again.
Thanks for the video. I didn’t have a meter but since the capacitor was cheap I ordered it for next day and installed it. It works now !!!
Your welcome.
My unit was performing the same way, unit running but not cooling. Flicking the thermostat switch in the house a few times and the unit would start cooling house for few hours, then start blowing warm air. I paid $400.00 repair bill and after two technician trips to house, we found the electric plug connector was LOOSE on the RETURN VALVE (or reversing valve) connector???? Pushed the plug back on connector and a/c unit has been working fine for 3 weeks😀😀 Techs were puzzled and started suggesting needing new $2,600 coil or thermostats etc??? Luckily the 2nd tech remembered this happing to him on another call and checked it.
Where was the electric plug connector located?
Where was the electric plug connector located?
Where was the electric plug connected located?
@calebtate9755 I guess this guy has his notifications off. I want that answer too.
@@ColdRanch208 regardless if he replies or not, I did order a new capacitor and changed it. AC works like a charm. I ruined my capacitor by putting in a strong air filter with a 13 merv rating I believe and didn’t change it for about 6 months. The air filter clogged up making the unit run harder and therefore the capacitor burned out.
Great info, but the problem I ran into was no HVAC supplier would sell a capacitor to a non licensed installer...something about fires and liability?
Ebay sure....buy a few back-ups....
Just saved me a service call on a Sunday. Thank you!
That is great to hear. So glad this could help.
This is an excellent video about A/C Not Blowing Cold Air But Running and we love it very much!!!❤❤❤👌👌👌
Thank you very much!
Really appreciate the detailed explanation 👍 Thank you!
Your welcome. Hope we can help again.
Good job
Out Friggin' Standing !!! 👍
So glad this could help.
Thank you so much, brother. The problem is fixed! God bless!!!
You Saved me over 300 bucks for the work and 89 for coming out. The part was 15 bucks plus the 2.99 4-8 delivery.
So great to hear. Hope we can help again.
Thank you for the video! You're the man!
Glad to help
Someone tried to charge me $1900 just now to do this. Unbelievable and it’s criminal!
Yeah I know you got to be careful out there. Always get bids. Glad this could help you out.
Before you do something just go on CZcams last time somebody wants to charge me 1600 dollars for replace some pipes that I did just watching CZcams it took me literally 20 minutes
I'm an HVAC service tech and I would never put that much effort into a capacitor strap lol.
Of course you wouldn’t, you’re HVAC 😂
Brian, I've sold around 80 pond aeration compressors, and when I would test them on the bench, about 10% had bad capacitors. One that was bench tested failed when it reached it's destination, it failed because the capacitor was already going bad. I only got one returned to me for not working, but it turns out, they guy testing it didn't know what he was doing, and it wouldn't run. He damaged the fan blades in trying to get it to run. I took the motor to a repair shop, he put it on the bench, and it ran like it was supposed to. Where he went wrong was he tried to fix it himself, and voided the warranty, and he had to pay to return it to me, and he tried to leave me negative feedback claiming that I was at fault for selling him a defective pump, but eBay removed it because it was his own fault it didn't run. The motor guy thought the guy was testing an AC motor on DC, and they don't work that way. I replaced the broken fan blades, and resold it in working condition.
Wow. Does not seem like a lot but 10%is not great. Thank you for the information. Sounds like that was definitely an ordeal.
Thanks for sharing this awesome information Brother this can definitely save a lot of people money. Great video
Thank you Steve.
Great job, I had the same issue a few months ago.
Thank you. Pretty easy fix.
If curious... the Klien MM320 (which a ton of homeowners purchase) does not have a capacitance setting. 😢
i highly recommend to keep a spare capacitor on hand once you find out the correct one.
Ac not blowing cold air could also be a problem with the contactor. It's not always the cap. I have seen some blown out contactors or a contactor with a bug in between the contactors.
Very nice straight forward easy video to follow!!
So glad this could help. Thank you.
Thank you so much for taking the time to do this vid. i paid last year 300.00
Your welcome. There is savings there.
I changed the capacitor and it is not blowing cold air. Help Freon R22. air conditioner. The guy came out and said it was low. He put more in and still no air. Now what? Thank you for sharing this video.
I’m late to this video but so glad you made it. What a lifesaver! Thank you for making it.
Nice job as always! I have to drop in with 2 small suggestions (from one non-HVAC tech to another 😀):
1. CHECK THE LINE VOLTAGE WITH YOUR METER before you touch anything! It's rare, but once in a blue moon the disconnect can fail to break the connection. Just set to "V" and touch your leads to the 2 screws on the incoming wires on the contactor. Takes 5 seconds; could save your life.
2. Minor grievance, but when you mount the new capacitor, orient it so you can read the 40/5 on it. (At this point I'd just write "40/5" on it with a sharpie instead of taking it out again)
Other than that, this is a great tip. A very common failure, and it's saved me that service call multiple times!
Thank you for that information. Both are great advice.
Thank you for showing a great video
Your welcome.
Damn nice work! This is 💯 my attitude. No way I'll pay their prices. Have to be licensed? OK hoss.
You have to have a business license to buy from a HVAC supply house. Amazon or other online retailers sell em though.
Thanks Sir, if you are in SOCAL HomeDepot and Lowes don't usually carry it in store. I would suggest ACE Hardware, they have different sizes and Volts. Got mine from them same and it worked just fine. This is after I spent 3 days in scorching heat day/night.
Thank you so much for this video. It saved me a lot of time and money, plus I learned new skills. Much love and respect.
Great video I used your info. from this vid. and it worked like a charm . Thanks brother. Keep em' coming.👍
Bad capacitor is such a common problem I think they design capacitors NOT to last more than a few years! HVAC companies make lot of money replacing a $20 part.
it is the cheap chinese crap they use nowadays my unit is 24 years old with original capacitor.
I’m learning this from the comments. Thank you.
I did replace a new capacitor as all number are covered old one. But, the cold air not blowing. The fan runs perfect. What else problem could be possible? Thank you so much.
Thank you for your video ! Helpful !
Great just ran into the same issue and came across your video. Thank you
I completely understand about having to pay for labor I have an AC that’s a year old it hasn’t even hardly been used at all not even for one summer because I’ve been remodeling the house so I don’t believe I should have to pay for labor charges either and conveniently the AC man who installed it, retired, so no service after the sale.
Thank you so much !You saved me $10000 !
Did they try to sell you a new system? 😳
Great film Thank you!
Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing!!! SUB and LIKED!!!
Awesome. So glad this helped.
Thank you sir!
You said the lines were cold at the start when it was broken, but then at then end when you fixed it the lines are still cold?
You really glossed over how to drain the charge from the capacitor with the screwdriver. That sounds like a dangerous step.
excellent video i am having the same issue it was blowing cold then just stopped blowing cold, if it's not the capaciter what other thigs might it be?
Compressor or dirty evaporator coils or condenser coils
If you ever see one of those capacitors looking "puffy" on the top, you do not even need to test it, its bad, replace it.
Great tip. Thank you
Great video! Is it possible to know the type of capacitor you need without opening the A/C unit?
Sweet!
Glad this could help.
Excelente thinking!! Capacitor can kill you if not discharged!! Thank you !!
In year 2002, my heat wasn't working so I called an AC/heating guy to come out. He cleaned my flame sensor and charged me $250. Thats why I want to learn how to do it myself.
Does that capacitor control both fan motors? the outside fan and the internal fan that blows in the house? and I guess it kicks on the compressor also ?
It only control the outdoor fan and the compressor! It gives it enough juice to kick everything on, it’s kind of like a battery in a way but it stores electricity. (Loose description)
My daughters LG air conditioner, after being cleaned by a technician recently, started to work differently after he left, e.g. when I turned on the inside unit, the fan blows at full capacity and then the inside unit shuts down. The outside motor (compressor) doesn't kick in at all when this is happening, and then the inside unit that is blowing the fan at full speed shuts off within a minute. I rang the technician and he said that he was willing to come back to have a look at it and of course take my left arm for the problem he caused in my opinion, because it was working fine before he pulled it apart to clean it, so I told him to FO in the nicest possible way. I am not in anyway a technical kind of guy, but I think I can change the capacitor by myself, if that is what it is. I would appreciate any assistance that anyone reading this can provide me with, e.g. do you think it is anything else apart from the capacitor. The outside motor (compressor) kicks in after about half a dozen attempts at turning it on and off, when the inside unit was blowing air at full speed, so it sounds to me like it is the capacitor, as that is what gives the compressor that extra kick from videos that I have seen. Appreciate all assistance in advance.
This helped alot. I just tested mine using your video for the how to. Was able to find out mine is bad to. Just ordered a replacement part now.
Thanks for the how to.
very helpful having the same problem thanks man!
Turn off the power first before you open any electrical device. You might accidentally touch anything live inside that could damage the device or harm yourself when opening the the box
For sure! That is why I pulled the disconnect.
@@ThatFixItGuy Yeah you disconnect the AC after you opened the housing, exposing the live wire in the tight spot. Accidents might happen to a regular viewer guy of yours. First rule "Safety First"
You also must remember the HVAC tech has to drive to your house troubleshoot what the problem is and replace it and hopefully they use a capacitor that is made in the United States that will last longer than a year
I know the whole drive time and everything. I use to run a one man plumbing shop. I just should not have to pay that if it is under warranty.
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You are right and that’s a good argument to take up with the manufacturer
@ThatFixItGuy yup exactly you shouldn't have to pay nothing if its under warranty. Glad you were able to fix it yourself
Yup. And he’ll find whatever opportunity he can to come up with issues that don’t really exist and rip you off. I don’t trust repair people in general. Do it yourself if you can.
The Chinese are buying up all the U.S manufacturing plants
Great video thanks for sharing
the symbol is polarized capacitor two flat plates is unpolarized and the next symbol on meter triangle and flat line is diodes.
Thank you Greg. I would love to take an electrical troubleshooting class and learn more about all this stuff.
thanks
Hello there, I have ALMOST the same set up, except that in my capacitor does not have anything attached to the FAN...even though it always worked, except that just last night if failed...I tested the capacitor like you did and I get no power in the large number and only 2.7 in the other. Why FAN is not there? any ideas?
Where do you get the capacitor??
At an hvac supply house or amazon. Is a couple places
So, what was the problem, was the compressor not coming on or was the fan not coming on?
Great info but I call it "Phishing" title. The are multiple videos on same issue. If they are all titled similar way as yours you have to watch all of them to find out that they are about same issue. There fore getting HVAC guy would be cheaper than spending more than hour watching youtube on same issue. You have good content in this video don't ruin it with tricky title. Simply bad capacitor in brackets would solve it.
Why bother testing the capacitor just get a new one specially if your old one has been there for a few years…the problem is when you replace your capacitor and your ac is running but not cooling…so what now? Clean the line that runs from the unit inside the house…still no cold air….now wash with clear water the fins in the outside unit…still no cold air….
Where do I check what capacitor I will need for mine ?
Great video, i have got a small question ! Appreciate it if you could possibly respond back.
My AC unit stopped cooling in spite of the fact that the outside unit i.e. condenser fan is rotating.
Do you think it's still a possibility that either that capacitor or contactor has gone bad ?
Why do I keep waking up sweating but the thermostat claims it’s working 😂😅 I feel like I’m being set up again. Why do they constantly have to do this to me? Why can’t I just have a good working reliable a/c and oven? I pay my rent.
Tks u that's Fix guy i'll try bc mine exacly same problem . Just Sub for u... keep it up
So glad this could help. thank you for the Sub!
Thank you for the a good work
Was yours blowing cold air at all? Mine is blowing cold just not ice cold.
It was not blowing cold at all.
Very Informative, thank U....enough with the "bad-boy" your not a adolescent anymore,
No need for a multimeter, you replace the capacitor, if it's work, you get rid of the defect capacitor.
I have a everstsrt meter abd doesn’t have that symbol…is there an alternative option to test ?
Like the video miine doing something. My question is how do you know which capacitor to buy and where. Thank you
We have a brand new unit and n9t blowing cold air. Technician been working on it over a month now. And yet still not working. First he said capacitory, then coolant. Now he was saying he need to check attic, i told him, hvac filters are clog ,full of dirt, that might be the reason why is not blowing air. He is not checking what i told him. What should we do?
He may be trying to see if you were going to take the initiative and change this filter yourself. Who in their right mind will call a service companies to come and change a filter for them when they see the filter is clogged?😂
We just bought lennox aircon it cost $9,350 techinician installed last sunday july 23,2023 but that night we noticed the blowing is not that cold and the temperature set up at 74. What do we do? Techinician went here to put some freon yesterday monday but still the same..we wanted to return our new lennox bcoz we are not satisfied we still using electricfan at night
Oh wow. I would contact the shop that installed it and the manufacturer. They have to hook you up with some kind of a solution. Sorry to hear that.
@@ThatFixItGuy technician went here again this afternoon he noticed that there is a missing parts incondenser and he ordered it. And then he temporary put the parts until it arrives. And the cold is back we can feel it. Thank you for the reply sir.
I don't have that symbol on my multimeter what else can I switch it to