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Well, the hard part is finding that capacitor. I try to repair almost everything and very rarely it is possible to find the damaged component without extremely
by tsss 3y ago
Well, the hard part is finding that capacitor. I try to repair almost everything and very rarely it is possible to find the damaged component without extremely specialized skills. The best you can hope for is that someone else has done the work for you and posted it in a forum. Even then it is often the power supply that goes first and those parts are dangerous to work with.
- lotsofpulp 3y agoIt is not hard to find, and requires no special skills. Every residential AC compressor has a removable cover where the capacitor is mounted. No soldering required either, just connecting and disconnecting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWH38Rg1iMI&pp=ygUeUmVwbGFjaW5nIGNhcGFjaXRvciBjZW50cmFsIEFD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWH38Rg1iMI&pp=ygUeUmVwbGFja... Home Depot has a tutorial too: https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/ac-capacitor-replacement/9ba683603be9fa5395fab901ca03363f https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/ac-capacitor-replacement/9ba6...
- tsss 3y agoI'm talking about consumer electronics like TVs, washing machines, kitchen appliances, laptops and graphics cards. The latter need specialized soldering equipment even if you know exactly what's wrong. Those are the devices that break most often. Normal people don't have a compressor that they need to repair (and even compressors have digital control circuitry).