A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

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A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby Greenhead329 » Sun May 10, 2015 11:49 pm

The fan on the a/c unit won't engage On its own....if I memfRica rig it it will come on and stay on as long as the temp is low enough to keep it spinning

What part is broken and how much $$ am I looking at sinking
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Re: A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby edub20 » Mon May 11, 2015 7:18 am

I assume you're referring to the outside unit or the compressor. first thing to check for on the fan would be the capacitor. If the windings are going bad on the fan it may need to be replaced if the Cap checks out.


Fan would run you prob 100-200 diy. a replacement capacitor is usually 10-20 bucks. I'd swap the capacitor to rule that out first.
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Postby rjohnson » Mon May 11, 2015 7:37 am

Yep definitely try to swap capacitor first. Seems like those are the most often the culprit. Had to replace ours on a three year old system. Take the old one off but kill the power to the system first at the breaker box.
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Re: A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby Greenhead329 » Mon May 11, 2015 9:08 am

Thanks guys!
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Re: A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby jtdumallard » Mon May 11, 2015 9:19 am

Where do yall buy Capacitors around Jackson? I usually have to replace one every couple of years and its $100 every time.
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Postby edub20 » Mon May 11, 2015 9:26 am

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Re: A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby mshunter77 » Mon May 11, 2015 3:54 pm

Whatever you do do not call one hour heating and air. They wanted to charge me $450 to replace capacitor.
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Re: A/c is tearing up ball park of what I should be paying?

Postby Greenhead329 » Wed May 20, 2015 8:19 pm

Thanks for everything guys! Replaced this morning, and knock on wood still working great..

I was still hesitant to attempt the repair myself, worried about screwing up an expensive system worse and worried about getting electrocuted.
being in a similar boat this morning as MShunter...every place I looked was in the 400 range...I said screw it I'll do it myself and hope for the best...

I called around this morning and figured out who the local dealer was for the model a/c .. found them....was out the door with taxes $32.00
10-15 min labor....fixed
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