[Shop-talk] Compressor resolution

[old dirtbeard]

That is a terrific outcome!

On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 9:08 AM John T. Blair <jblair1948 at cox.net> wrote:

>
> Well gang, it really pays when you find a good company.  My son heard of a
> local
> company that fixes motors, I'd never heard of them.  I tried the couple of
> places
> that I've done business with in the past, the main one, didn't do AC
> motors any more as the fellow that did them retired.  The 2nd shop wanted
> $200 to put it on
> their bench.  So I called the place my son had heard of.  They wanted $35
> to put
> it on the bench.  So this morning I head over there and arrive about
> 10:30.  I tell
> the lady at the counter what's going on with the motor, and she says,
> "lets check
> the capacitors".  So standing at the counter, Charlie pulls the start cap,
> it's bad,
> and he replaces it.  Then he pulls the run cap, it's also bad, and he
> replaces it.
> Takes it over to a bench and fires it up, it runs not problem.  Then he
> writes out
> my ticket.  I figuer about $35 to inspect, and at least $10 each for the
> caps, so
> about $50.  He hand me the bill for less than $25!  I give him a $5 tip
> and tell him
> to go "get some lunch".  I'm out of there in less than 1/2 hr.  Man am I
> happy!
> No I just have to go brave the 94deg. temp and put the motor back on the
> compressor.
>
> Again thanks to every one for their insight and support.  I really should
> have dug
> into this at my house, but did like working in the 94 shop.  One of these
> days I'll
> get an AC unit for there.  Not to mention for $25 it wasn't worth getting
> my hands
> dirty.  I'll still have to get dirty & sweaty putting the motor back on
> the
> compressor.
>
> John
>
>
>
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