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J Costa
Aug 5, 2007, 10:18 AM
I have a goodman a/c I replaced the capacitor about three months ago and found the samr problem today, can anyone tell me what might be causing this problem.

Stratmando
Aug 5, 2007, 01:11 PM
The Voltage Rating needs to be greater than 240 volts, most I see might be 370 volts, fine, just can't be less. Maybe bad batch. I would replace. Try another source for Capacitor, if that goes out. Hopefully more input will follow, concerning cause.

J Costa
Aug 5, 2007, 02:01 PM
I replaced the capacitor with the same voltage rating which is 370 and 30 uf / 5 it is still going bad.

acetc
Aug 5, 2007, 02:09 PM
Is this proper size for the fan motor ? Was motor replaced? What is going bad on the capacitor ( the fan side or the compressor side) this capacitor serves both. And I will say that the capacitors built today are not as good as the ones built 20 years ago , Mike

esquire1
Aug 5, 2007, 02:32 PM
Replace with 30/5 440. This is stronger. As acetc mentioned, they (as everything else) is jjust not made like they use to be.