This is where a smart home shines; The Ecobee is able to recognize the problem early (such as long run time or unresponsive) and avoid harder failure states bec

This is where a smart home shines; The Ecobee is able to recognize the problem early (such as long run time or unresponsive) and avoid harder failure states because of this. To challenge the author's conclusion; An AC repair person could have replaced the capacitor without interior access to the home - though it's preferred to at least have access to the thermostat. As the Author is also from Atlanta; and we had a deep freeze last December (which we rarely do) the next step is to turn off the water automatically when water is detected (or done preventatively, though ideally you drain the pipes or keep them dripping.) *Ecobee won't know why your Ac is responding when its condensation pan is full (and tripped by a float sensor) but it could with one additional low voltage wire.