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    Oct 26, 2011, 07:06 AM
    Will the heat work if a capacitor is bad?
    Will the heat work if the capacitor is bad?
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    Oct 26, 2011, 08:54 AM
    It will fire up but when it overheats the heat exchanger it will cut off because the blower is not working
    Capicitor, I`m saying all this ((assuming you are talking about a furnace))),, You didn`t say what kind of equipment is not starting,, if u talking about a heatpump, no nothing will work with a bad capicitor
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