Do I need to hire a pro or can I just replace the capacitor and contactor myself for less than what they'd charge?I had a guy come out a few years ago and he just cleared my drainage pipe, and I've been at this place for ~5 years now so I figure I should just replace those parts
Take a photo of the contactor before or change one wire over at a time. Discharge the cap before you touch it. Make sure there's no power going to the unit before your start.
>>2981902if you can figure out how to unplug it and discharge the cap i'd say go for it. if you fuck shit up somehow you can just pay someone to fix it for you as initially planned.having interchangeable parts doesn't mean any part of the same type fits, look at both the rating and package if you for whatever reason aren't able to get a identical part number.
I replaced the cap on my heat pump, very easy job. To remove any cap cut the power, wait a minute, then remove the pins. The contactor is likely pretty easy too, agian just the power and wait a minute for anything in the system to discharge.
