One of my tenants is complaining that the central A/C is broken. Do any of you have an A/C guy that they can recommend that you know isn’t going to try to pull a fast one?
[quote=harvey]Betcha it’s the motor start capacitor.
It’s that time of the year.
$20 bucks or so on eBay or order from Home Depot.
Just don’t electrocute yourself.[/quote]
Yeah, sounds about right. I once bought one from a distributor in Santee for about $20 because I needed it the same day (one of the few distributors who sell retail). Otherwise, ship to store from Home Depot.
You’re supposed to discharge the capacitor before replacing it. An engineer should be able to do this, no problem.
Yes I understand it could be as simple as a blown capacitor. But again, this ac unit is installed on the roof of a two story building, and not on the ground. So its unlikely the capacitor is located inside the rental unit. And I don’t feel like climbing a roof. Don’t even know if I am allowed to.
I had a broken fan during Aug heat wave on a Trane unit that was only a few years old. Most companies wanted to arrange for a visit 1-2 weeks later for inspection. Thompson HVAC took my information and ordered parts over phone. It took several weeks for parts order but they came and installed when we were not at home. We came home to nice cool A/C unit and sent payment in mail.
[quote=equalizer]Thompson Heating & Air Conditioning
This is mostly for North County
I had a broken fan during Aug heat wave on a Trane unit that was only a few years old. Most companies wanted to arrange for a visit 1-2 weeks later for inspection. Thompson HVAC took my information and ordered parts over phone. It took several weeks for parts order but they came and installed when we were not at home. We came home to nice cool A/C unit and sent payment in mail.
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