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Old 07-30-2011, 09:15 AM   #1
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Wife called me the other morning and told me the bedroom A/C made some kind of noise in the middle of the night. Said the compressor kept trying to start. It would run for a second or two and then stop...Any ideas what might be wrong this time???
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Old 07-30-2011, 10:54 AM   #2
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Sound like the start capacitor fried.

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Old 07-30-2011, 01:43 PM   #3
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I agree with Don. I had the same problem last fall on a trip out west. I found a mobile tech in Dodge City who replaced it and told me that the model air conditioning I have is notorious for this failure and the manufacturer had redesigned the capacitors. He replaced it and it has worked very well since.

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Old 08-02-2011, 03:13 PM   #4
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All three a/c units had burnt out, starters with circuit boards removed and just replace the capacitor with Motor Run capacitor 40 MFD 370,440,vac no more problems and running great the part is $7.00 each
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Old 08-06-2011, 07:20 AM   #5
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All three a/c units had burnt out, starters with circuit boards removed and just replace the capacitor with Motor Run capacitor 40 MFD 370,440,vac no more problems and running great the part is $7.00 each

Hi...What caps did you use and what model A/C's do you have? Just asking for I have a 08 T40-B and I can hear the rear A/C having a harder time starting.

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Old 08-09-2011, 03:45 PM   #6
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I bought a Dometic Hard start kit made for the Penguin air conditioner that I think most Tour Masters have. They are low profile. I bought it from PPL. It services about 25 models of the Penguin.

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Old 08-21-2011, 10:48 AM   #7
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As shown above, I have 3 caps. As such I have kind of confused in regards to which one to replace.
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Old 08-21-2011, 03:59 PM   #8
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Its the black one that was my problem.

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