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    Aug 26, 2007, 09:35 AM
    Capacitor burnt?
    I have a 5yr goodman 3.5 that last night was making noises, I went to the outside unit and the fan was not working. I turned the unit off for the night and went out this morning and the wires that connect to the capacitor were melted(burnt). I will go tomorrow and get a new capacitor but my question is would it be the capacitor that caused this?

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    Aug 26, 2007, 09:39 AM
    It could, is a cheap to replace capacitor, and easy test. Replace bad wires and connections. All need to be tight.
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    Aug 26, 2007, 09:54 AM
    Thanks for the reply. I will give it a shot tomorrow

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    Aug 26, 2007, 11:55 AM
    If the capacitor fried, the motor could have fried too. Capacitor took out motor syndrome.
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    Aug 27, 2007, 10:59 AM
    Well after replacing the capacitor and re-wiring the burnt wires from the capacitor all seems to be OK. I really don't know how the capacitor burnt the way it did and I didn't find any bad or loose connections in the unit. I have seen other capacitors bubble or swell, but I have never seen were all the wires burn off the top of capacitor... I will keep an eye on it, I thank you for your time reading this and your inputs

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