A breaker tripped yesterday which goes to the AC unit. I reset it and it was working last night and this morning. This afternoon when I got home from work, it was tripped again. I reset it and it tripped back again.. I tried two more times and the AC unit finally cut on. I looked out the back door and smoke was coming from the unit!!!.. I flipped the breaker off.. and when I took the panel off the unit.. the capacitor was smoking and of the three connections.. one was black and melted..
Its simple to replace it.. if I find another.. Is this a situation where I should replace it.. or does it sound like another problem?
I appreciate any suggestions
All the words on the unit are faded except the word Goodman.
Here is the info off the capacitor: Dielektrol Capacitor
97F5368 010000AFC 89-27Z112 242808-30 9457-5400 CAPACITOR, 35 MFD, 440VAC, CAN, FILM COMPOSITION, ±6% TOLERANCEI looked on the internet for another one but I only came up with one site that carried it.. and they had a 25 qty order limit??