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These capacitors will occasionally fail, causing a compressor to fail to start. Overheating is a primary cause of a failed start capacitor. ... The damaged contacts could be caused by the high voltage stored in a start capacitor being discharged across the contacts of a start relay.Apr 2, 2018

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