Originally Posted By: Lovnlivin
Thanks guys, and I'm familiar with the start and run capacitors and the charge they can hold, from a RV AC unit that I had to replace the capacitor on, and was forewarned before messing with it!

With this one being a 440V capacitor (240V pump) I wasn't about to take any chances! And I read that even crossing the terminals with a screwdriver could cause it to explode shocked . And please don't get the impression I know what I'm talking about with this stuff, because I don't! I'm just a research junkie trying to learn smile .

I have a local Grainger that will have a new capacitor for me tomorrow if needed, after checking the capacitance in my old one.

My hope is that mine is bad (for a $12 fix!).


Most likely it's a bad cap. Just make sure you dispose of the old one properly or you may get a surprise bill from the EPA to clean up the mess laugh wink