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That ceiling fan with the bad cap ate my whole evening
Had a service call two weeks ago in Austin for a ceiling fan that hummed but wouldn't spin. Thought it was the switch or maybe a bad motor, so I spent an hour checking everything. Turns out the run capacitor was dead, 4.5 uF rating but tested at zero. I swapped it with a 5 uF from my van and it fired right up. Dude tipped me $20 and said his wife had been patient for like three months. I shoulda checked the cap first, that's the classic move. Anyone else keep spare capacitors in weird sizes or just buy the common ones?
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the_faith13d agoTop Commenter
Bet the knob was fine too, those caps fail silently every time.
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