Before we get into the parts that will ruffle some feathers, let's talk a bit about what a “Start” capacitor is and what it does. First, let's review that both start and run capacitors connect between the leg of power opposite of compressor common and the start winding. Even though it seems like a run capacitor […]

Newer technicians often get hung up and frustrated when searching for low voltage shorts. This is understandable due to the broad spectrum of possibilities for the location of the short. However, this doesn’t mean that the process needs to be complex. The time it takes to find a low voltage short may vary greatly depending […]

Maintenance is not the sexiest part of our trade, and that’s ok. There really aren’t that many parts of our trade that are sexy, to be honest. Maybe maintenance is just the lowest on the totem pole. It can be easy to get into a routine of plowing through one after another, trying to check […]