George, sorry about the confusion but I'm all-American. Was raised in Arizona on the Sonoran desert and now live on a small mountain in Virginia. We experimented with living overseas briefly, but life in the US worked better for us.
My house was written up from emails a guy exchanged with me. Made me a little famous on the internet. A guy in France latched onto the concept and decided it was a key part to his grand scheme of revolutionizing first French, and then US, housing.
He didn't get very far, but it was an interesting ride. Mostly I just talk to individuals who discover my expertise. I started with a concept, Passive Annual Heat Storage, published in 1983. Curiosity pushed me to learn exactly how and why it worked. Something the originator never did. I can now tweak the concept for any climate, even those that have zero heating degree-days. Almost completely independent of any particular architecture.
Opposite of you, I know almost nothing of compressors. Far prefer housing that needs no ac. That's after growing up with the transition in Arizona from swamp coolers to ac. Before ac, August was pretty miserable there. And yes, I remember the promise that nuclear power would end electric utility bills because it was so cheap.
Everything you say about testing a compressor is new to me. That's why I started this thread, total ignorance on my part. My preference is decidedly not "throw it away". Recycling is far better. Repairing these heat pumps would be excellent.
That black capacitor was installed in Cordele, Georgia. The units were shipped to Florida where they sat in a warehouse until someone discovered them and sold this pair on ebay in 2001. Nothing foreign that I am aware of. Like you, never saw a capacitor like that before. I do have an (ancient) electronic background.
I've got at least one substantial run capacitor in my shop that's doing nothing. I'll get it out today. Most of my machinery is 3Φ. I like large. Smaller 3Φ tools are run on a phase converter, for large ones I start a 3Φ generator.
If you can lead me through diagnosis maybe I can find someone competent to repair. These things don't come with OBD II unfortunately, you have to know what you're doing. I do not.
The compressor hums, without starting. The one I removed, melted the black capacitor. Was running fine until my wife smelled the smoke. Fortunate she was home, and that we have an air system that replaces the house air frequently. Is that compressor locked up? I'll measure resistance on both.
I had originally thought the black capacitor was a run capacitor for the pump, wiring diagram is difficult to read and I hadn't bothered. I figured the TACO pump needed another rebuild, until I took it apart. Then I took the black capacitor from the spare heat pump and put it in the installed heat pump. It immediately started to smoke.
That's when I installed my spare heat pump, bought a pair of new (silver) capacitors, and discovered it didn't work either.
I wouldn't have put so much time and effort into this if it wasn't well worth it. If you can lead me through this, fantastic. How do I know which hard start kit is appropriate?
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