Everyone should get awnings instead of bruteforcing the heat away. The insulation in your walls works both ways: it doesn't let heat out in the winter and inside in the summer. However, the sun's radiation passes through windows without much holding it back (without awnings or external curtains) and directly heats your home from the inside. So your house is basically a greenhouse when there's nothing covering your windows.
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My HOA would not approve of awnings.
We do have the latest version of low-E Windows. They're shockingly effective.
I really want to get motorized blinds, and motorized forced air vents, as it sits now, we more or less just leave all the windows covered. Given it's not as effective from the inside, But even reducing the direct IR mission makes a big difference.
Is that a Dell. Lol.
Rofl, might as well be. Was just hope after I replace it It doesn't swell again just like dell.
Have you tried unplugging it and plugging it back in?
Looking at the power draw from 8am to 1pm, it did that itself every 5 minutes.
replaced the cap, it's chill now.
That's pretty cool.
Well there's your problem right there!
It was! Came right back!
Yep, if your condenser unit outside just won't turn on it's always a good idea to check this capacitor. I think it was just last year that I replaced the one in my unit installed in 2015. I went through a few capacitors with the ancient system before that!
36.5°c for people who use sane units ;)
I hate were i live, it's our coldest time in the year and tomorrow's high is 32.
36 is normal during the hot time of year along with massive humidity too
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For an european that sounds unbearable, but i have to translate to celcius
At 98.6 it would be the same temperature in my anus as it is in my air.
About 37
At last it's an inexpensive and easy fix. Just buy another capacitor with the same specs and swap them out. Better yet, buy two! Keep one as a backup.
Don't buy an electrolytic capacitor as back up and store then over a long time. They will degrade and will be bad when you finally need them.
MKP/MKT capacitors are an exception since they don't degrade the same.
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What is that?
It's a large capacitor. They are used in those big outdoor AC units to kick start the ~~fan~~ compressor. Being outdoors and subject to large temperature changes and vibrations for years they inevitably fail.
https://static.homeguide.com/assets/images/content/homeguide-technician-replacing-ac-capacitor.jpg
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As much as that sucks, you clearly already know the fix and are working on it. Grats to you for having the skills bro. Please work safe, 2 phase electricity doesn't play around.
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