Air Exchanger Help

[itsmejese]

My air exchanger stopped working. I'd like to replace the capacitor but I don't know what I need since the specs written on it are all worn off.
The unit is a Venmar AVS Solo 2.0. I asked Venmar what I needed and they said "The capacitor is only available in the motor assembly." Any idea why that would be?

 

[PoorUB]

It would be very low mfd, maybe 4 mfd.

 

[rlitman]

I'll guess that one model might have multiple motor options coming off the factory line, with different matched caps over the years.

 

[mike93lx]

Did you diagnose the cap as bad or are you loading up and firing the parts cannon?

 

[PoorUB]

If it is a double shaft motor, mounted with the shaft vertically, I will bet lunch money the motor is bad.

 

[pcmeiners]

There is is info on google that the fan could be a fire hazard, possible reason they want to replace the motor.

 

[fitter30]

Any numbers on motor take a pic of the tag. Looked at venmar site they are very proud of their parts.

 

[PoorUB]

Any numbers on motor take a pic of the tag. Looked at venmar site they are very proud of their parts.

Plus the motors are a weak point. They fail often.

Personally I would buy a Greentek and toss the Venmar. Motors are warrantied got 10 years. I worked for a Greentek dealer, never replaced a motor.

 

[itsmejese]

Did you diagnose the cap as bad or are you loading up and firing the parts cannon?

Guilty as charged. The motor assembly is $400+ and replacing the capacitor on my air conditioner did the trick so I was just going to try a (relatively cheap) new capacitor and hope to get lucky. I noticed the recall and I just want to make sure I'm replacing it with the right capacitor so I don't increase the odds of something going wrong. How hard would it be to actually diagnose the capacitor?

 

[gmcgeo]

you need to remove the capacitor and test with a multimeter that has Capacitance Meter feature.

Guilty as charged. The motor assembly is $400+ and replacing the capacitor on my air conditioner did the trick so I was just going to try a (relatively cheap) new capacitor and hope to get lucky. I noticed the recall and I just want to make sure I'm replacing it with the right capacitor so I don't increase the odds of something going wrong. How hard would it be to actually diagnose the capacitor?