Hard Starter Capactor

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durtieduck Guru Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 3	Hard Starter Capactor 09/05/2012 9:19 PM
	what is a hard start capacitor, and why would it be installed on a herm? what's the difference between it and the original? sorry guys, i don't have the time to go back to school.
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RAMConsult Guru Join Date: May 2007 Location: NYC metropolitan area. Posts: 3230 Good Answers: 444	#1 Re: hard starter capactor 09/05/2012 9:32 PM
	By "herm" I assume you mean a hermetically sealed compressor. A hard start capacitor has more capacitance than the original and is usually used to give an extra "kick" to the compressor when the line voltage is lower than usual. Sometimes it's part of a "hard-start kit". __________________ “Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.” Ben Franklin.
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tcmtech Guru Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South of Minot North Dakota Posts: 8376 Good Answers: 775	#2 Re: hard starter capactor 09/05/2012 9:35 PM
	Maybe Herm is difficult to get out of bed and get him up and going for the day? Care to define the word more specifically than this.. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Herm so we know what you are talking about?
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09/05/2012 9:45 PM

According to this, it has no definition:

herm	75 up, 40 down
	can mean anything you want. it is a verb (herming), adjective (herm, hermy), noun (herm, hermer). can be used to describe anything in any way. it can be either positive or negative.

Tornado Guru Join Date: May 2009 Location: Richland, WA, USA Posts: 21017 Good Answers: 795	#5 In reply to #3 Re: hard starter capactor 09/05/2012 10:09 PM
	Herm, n: A statue of the form of a square pillar topped by a bust or head. --Ed. C. __________________ In vino veritas; in cervisia carmen; in aqua E. coli.
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durtieduck Guru Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 3	#4 Re: hard starter capactor 09/05/2012 9:55 PM
	my fault, i meant a heretically sealed compressor. an ac unit
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kvsridhar Guru Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Temporarily at Ashburn, VA Posts: 2744 Good Answers: 164	#11 In reply to #4 Re: hard starter capactor 09/07/2012 8:41 AM
	Wots a 'heretically' sealed compressor? i didn't know they were allowed to have any opinions of any kind __________________ Nothing worthwhile can ever be taught, it can only be learnt.
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SolarEagle Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: by the beach in Florida Posts: 33392 Good Answers: 1817	#6 Re: hard starter capactor 09/05/2012 10:11 PM
	A start capacitor is a good idea to have on any compressor, as it reduces the amperage spike on starting....and required for systems with TX valves because of the necessity to start sometimes against an unequalized refrigerant circuit.... __________________ All living things seek to control their own destiny....this is the purpose of life
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Joshi Guru Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: India Posts: 1246 Good Answers: 34	#7 Re: hard starter capacitor 09/05/2012 11:08 PM
	Then read this: http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/hvac/msg0511224414637.html
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durtieduck Guru Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 668 Good Answers: 3	#8 Re: hard starter capactor 09/06/2012 12:48 AM
	thanks to all of you that were'nt just trying to be asses
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lyn Guru Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 42355 Good Answers: 1693	#9 In reply to #8 Re: hard starter capactor 09/06/2012 12:54 AM
	Tell me why you could not search for the answer? Hard-Start Capacitors Do you need special attention? Do you just want to exercise the forum? As I have said before, the only "ass" here is you!
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tcmtech Guru Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: South of Minot North Dakota Posts: 8376 Good Answers: 775	#10 In reply to #8 Re: hard starter capactor 09/06/2012 6:38 AM
	Hey now I wasn't trying to be an ass. Its my natural personality! Just ask my wife. (She calls me worse things by 6 AM than most people do all day!)
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