[Richard]

So………….this post turned out to be timely for me. While staying at the McCloud resort and work camp in the Arizona fall 101 degree heat the front AC unit went belly up. The inside blower stopped working. A few minutes of diagnostics showed the circuit board was sending power to the blower motor, so the problem is either the run cap or the motor. Given the funny smell in the control box I figured it was the cap.

Changing out one of the caps located behind the circuit board is a real pain. It’s a small space, only room for one hand, no visibility because your hand is in the way, and getting to them puts me in a position that kills my back. That’s enough whining, but it builds to the epiphany I had while roasting in the sun.

When I get home all the caps are getting relocated to an external box outside their current location. It’s not a hard solution. It will take some wire and a waterproof box, but it is definitely on the winter project list.I will follow up with pics when I complete it.

I don’t know why it took ten years of working on the SCS units for this idea to pop out.