Your little unit is the first one I've seen. What did it cost? Who sells it? The compressor doesn't look more than a half to 3/4 horse. In Indiana I have 2 dehumidifiers in my basement to keep the humidity to 60% during my worst days. This looks like a small A/c or dehumidifier where they are running the hot gas through a water heater. I've always thought about doing the same thing to a refrig and my centeral A/C. Never considered using a dehumidifier. Very interesting idea, not a new idea, just interesting.
The silver cap on the left is very common, could mostlikely get one off ebay for around $10.
The black one on the right is very unusual. I've seen ones used in ceiling fans. Frankly I've never seen one used for HVAC applciations, however it should work. First use an ohm meter and measure the resistance between the twe terminals on the left. I'm going to guess they are connected togethr, close to zero ohms. Then measure the resistance between the two terminals on the right. Again there should be zero resistance, because they are connected together.
Finally use ohmmeter and like all caps you should find there is close to infinate resistance between both terminals on the left and the terminals on the right.
If you put take an short extension cord, put wire connectors on cord, put power to one end of cap and neutral to the other end, apply power to cap for a few seconds. Then unplug power and short out the ends of power cord, there may be a small spark when you discharge cap. A 15 mic won't make a big spark, but there should be something depending when you remove the power.
Put an ammeter to the wires going to cap when powered up and it will show a very small current if your ammprobe can measure it.
So what makes you think your old cap is bad? Is the compressor locked up? Not starting? If compressor is locked, have you tried a hard start kit? They are about as cheap as the 15 mic cap. You can find them on ebay. They come in about 3 different sizes.
Your pic is worth a 1000 words.
Good luck.
Hope I've helped. Any HVAC person should be able to get it going or replace compressor if bad. George
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