I was recently called out to diagnose a Actron ducted system were the comp would not run.
I found the run cap and the motor start cap faulty.
I replaced the 50uF cap with a 45uF and then replaced the motor start cap like for like, fitted the caps and system ran all checked Ok. Three days later was called out a gain and the systems Soft - starter was gone. Now the client has had some else fit a new soft starter and a new run cap as he thinks the 45uF cap has taken out the soft starter due to using a low uF reading cap and this has resulted in the soft - starter failing. even taking in account of the +- 5% this is still only 2.5 uF shy of whats required. now he wants me to pay for the other tradie to replace the soft - stare and cap???

can some please shed some light on this as I think this is not the cause of the soft - starter failure.