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old Whirlpool compressor to be bad? (  justplumducky 07-31-2012
12:58 PM  Normal for 8 yr. old Whirlpool compressor to be bad? I
do occasional repair for residents in my neighborhood. I was
just wondering if it's normal to find what someone told me is a
hard start capacitor wire up to a compressor (no relay/overload
device on the compressor) - hard start (if that's what it is) is
wired directly to compressor (8 years old) with female spade-
type quick disconnects. These disconnects like they were made
for terminal post connections - not just regular flat
disconnects forced onto posts, but preformed (triangular shape)
to hold the posts firmly.  This capacitor is a Supco brand, but
no specs on it. Has two power wires feeding it, and three
secondary wires C, S, & R. S-R ohms check was 10 ohms, but both
individual readings of C-S and C-R was infinite resistance.
Forgot to check for post to ground, b