Thursday, July 23, 2015

Exploded Genteq capacitor

At one of my rentals, the tenant just called about hot air blowing out of the vents. I went over there, and after taking the top off the condenser coils (breaker was tripped) noticed that the capacitor had pretty much exploded. The silver filler in a lot of places, and the top no longer attached. Thinking of Mythbusters, I said "There's your problem!"

I've already called my HVAC guy to replace it tomorrow, but I am curious if this may be symptomatic of something else.

Lennox unit that was installed new in 2006.

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