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artem
Explorer
May 13, 2014

AC compressor won't run, tried new cap, 83 VAC at terminals

We have a 2004 Springdale and our AC compressor stopped working 6 months ago. The fa works, but compressor does not come on. I read some RV forums and replaced the starting capacitor with a Supco SPP...
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j-d
Explorer II
May 13, 2014
Ya Know, it looks from the upper picture, showing the SPP6 connected, that it isn't hooked up correctly. I say that because BROWN is on FAN in the pic where I can see the stamping on the RUN Capacitor. It needs to be across HERM and COMMON. If you're still trying to start it with one terminal of the SSP6 on FAN, the SPP6 is either Not Helping or actually Interfering.

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