Lou, I may have gotten my maytags from Menards. Purchased a 6 & 10K maytag. You can't blame who made the a/c for a part going bad. Good chance the capacitor is made by a different company and most companies will get theirs from where they get them the cheapest.
Here is a pic of a 10k maytag wrapped with aluminum window screen. I used a damp rag and rolled the lint off it. This lint was collected in about 3 weeks. I'm a believer that window screen and drilling holes to drain the water is doing more good than harm. Yes the condensate, in theory only, will help cool. However, add bugs, lint and water and you have a mess real soon, not to mention the cheap a/c in 5 years will be a bucket of rust.
The major problem with window units is they pull the air through the evaporator and push the air through the condensor. Old centrals pushed the air through both the condensor and evaporator. It didn't take long for the condensors to get choked with bugs and lint.
Today's centrals, the ones I've seen, push the air through the evaporator and pull the air through the condensor, eliminating bug splatter. They have less of a chance to choke up.
My 10k maytag has a design flaw, there may be a class action, not sure not sure why they went out of business. The design flaw is the fan design is so good it can pull condensate off the evaporator. This condensate is sprayed all over the inside of the A/C. In 2 years the inside looks dirty, but it's black mold. Time for a good cleaning with strong bleach or mold/mildew cleaner.
So, I tell my tenants to run the a/c on low. The A/C does a better job of removing the humidity on low and less of a chance of pulling condensate off coils. Next, don't open windows at night and let buckets full of humidity in and expect to save money.
If I recall about 6-7 years ago the 10k maytag sold for around $200. That 10k unit will cool a 26x36 well insulated house. Tenants put a small fan on the floor next to a/c to move the air to the other rooms. If I had a centeral, I would pay $200 in propery taxes real fast. Window units are cheap and the newer one are cheap to operate, some having over a 10 seer. Not to mention, there is no cooling loss in duct. No blower fan in air handler, which is never factored in to the seer. The last upside to window shakers is if a tenants smokes, the coils, fan and inside will be covered with tar. Take a/c apart, use grease lightning, then bleach. and it's smells like new. Can't do that very easily with duct work. I had throw away all the duct work and electric furnace because it smelled like cats and smoke.
So next time you need a part, you don't have to get the part from the company who sold the unit. Parts are parts, just get the right size and right electrical ratings. George
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