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Originally Posted by DeadheadNM
How do you diagnose a faulty capacitor? Asking for future reference.
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If the power is on, and the fan in the condensing unit won't spin, or looks like it's trying to spin, the start capacitor is bad (usually).
A start capacitor is used to briefly shift phase on a start winding in a single phase electric motor to create an increase in torque.