Vibrant93
Jun 13, 2019Explorer
Capacitor issue, Coleman Mach Basement unit.
My '00 Itasca has a basement A/C (non heat pump) unit and I'm having issues with the 2nd compressor. Just wondering if my symptoms are common for a bad start/run capacitor...? I'm dreading a bad compressor! My coach is a 30amp unit. While on shore power (true 30amp service) and with the thermostat set to call for a/c, the 1st compressor starts and runs as normal. About 30 seconds after the 1st compressor starts the system tries to start the 2nd compressor and fails to do so. I get an amperage spike to about 30 on the gauge and then it starts to automatically shed power to specific components. The 2nd compressor being one of them. On generator power I'm getting basically the same results except instead of shedding power to systems, it'll just trip the 120v accessory breaker on the actual generator its self. I guess my question would be, what are common symptoms of a bad start and or run capacitor? Would a system still try to start but pull a huge amperage load like I'm seeing? I was inside the panel last night hoping to see a bulged capacitor but they both looked good visually. Capacitors are pretty cheap so I'll probably just put them in but figured I'd ask here too.
Thank you.
Thank you.