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<blockquote data-quote="sh00ter" data-source="post: 3604420" data-attributes="member: 24531"><p>Thanks to you too but I have more questions <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>How can I take off the leads to the capacitor safely if it is charged? Also, when you say you discharge the capacitor, are you jumping the prongs or what? Can you describe it more; I knew generally capacitors stored energy, but thanks so much for the caution because I wasn't even thinking about that right now.</p><p></p><p>Also, are you saying that even if a garage breaker is off, the outside power switch still needs to be "turned around" as you put it, to turn it off outside too?</p><p></p><p>Finally, I forgot to mention earlier that if I switch the fan to "on" on the wall thermostat instead of "Auto", nothing happens. So does that indicate the failure is at the blower unit in the attic instead of the outside condenser? </p><p></p><p>The other times I've run into this, when the capacitor was bad, (on a different house), it was buzzing. Then another time, I had a bad capacitor and it wasn't buzzing, but a new one fixed it. Then a year later, same thing but that time it was the actual fan motor that was bad. I had a friend's dad at the time (he was heat & air guy) fix the capacitor so I didn't have to mess with the voltage thing, but I replaced the fan motor myself.</p><p></p><p>So I just need more guidance; thanks again for you and anyone else who can help further in this thread.</p><p></p><p>If I find out I'm in over my head, and and anyone is a real HVAC person who knows what they are doing, I'd pay for some help. PM me if you think you can help if I get stuck because I want this fixed today (Friday). </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sh00ter, post: 3604420, member: 24531"] Thanks to you too but I have more questions :) How can I take off the leads to the capacitor safely if it is charged? Also, when you say you discharge the capacitor, are you jumping the prongs or what? Can you describe it more; I knew generally capacitors stored energy, but thanks so much for the caution because I wasn't even thinking about that right now. Also, are you saying that even if a garage breaker is off, the outside power switch still needs to be "turned around" as you put it, to turn it off outside too? Finally, I forgot to mention earlier that if I switch the fan to "on" on the wall thermostat instead of "Auto", nothing happens. So does that indicate the failure is at the blower unit in the attic instead of the outside condenser? The other times I've run into this, when the capacitor was bad, (on a different house), it was buzzing. Then another time, I had a bad capacitor and it wasn't buzzing, but a new one fixed it. Then a year later, same thing but that time it was the actual fan motor that was bad. I had a friend's dad at the time (he was heat & air guy) fix the capacitor so I didn't have to mess with the voltage thing, but I replaced the fan motor myself. So I just need more guidance; thanks again for you and anyone else who can help further in this thread. If I find out I'm in over my head, and and anyone is a real HVAC person who knows what they are doing, I'd pay for some help. PM me if you think you can help if I get stuck because I want this fixed today (Friday). Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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