Well done Mitch, another happy customer... It reached 40c at my place in the Sthn Highlands on Saturday, and the Daikin split handled it beautifully 👍
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Good to hear the Daikin performed well! Another hot one today and I’ll be going to bundanoon.
@robalexander734810 ай бұрын
@@maracservices Enjoy the drive down, and a safe return back. I'd like to meet up with you oneday 👍
@griffy45610 ай бұрын
@@maracservicesnice watching your channel Mitch thx
@jspilly8210 ай бұрын
ive repaired a few of them over the years. take the board out of the box and solder a multi strand wire the same size as your feed to jump the blown/burnt trace
@gorkhalibir8 ай бұрын
Hi Mitch How much does it cost to change soft starter ?
@nurullah584510 ай бұрын
I have the same unit Actron, I replaced the capacitor about a year ago because it was just blowing warm air and few weeks ago fan motor in the roof gave up not blowing any air at all, just replaced that 5 days ago and it is running perfect now , mind you the unit is about 23 years old and that is the only 2 things I had to do all those years. I am happy with Actron it works well.
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
This one is quite old too and it’s only ever had a soft starter and indoor fan motor fail. Sounds similar!
@pistasHVAC34967 ай бұрын
Good video Mate! thank you for sharing !!!
@Tom_Tom2148 ай бұрын
Hi Mitch, thank you for your video, Can I grab a copy of the diagram of how you change to contactor please? Much appreciated
@TalikifeaBoy7 ай бұрын
We have an issue that what you fixed just now, the fans aren’t going when we turn the aircon on inside. Watching your video helps but I’m no technician lol. We are based in Sydney and I just realised you’re from the area too! Subscribed 👍
Mitch, good to see your resolution for the Actron, soft starter whereabouts are you as we’re in Shellharbour
@maracservices9 ай бұрын
I’m located in the Sutherland Shire 👍🏻
@liedapuamau55210 ай бұрын
Vinaka vaka levu Mitch❤ nice videos as always
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Thank you mate!
@bodhisykes10 ай бұрын
Great stuff Mitch!
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Thanks mate!
@AGeurts10 ай бұрын
Not Sure if you noticed but those Soft Starters show a fault. LED Indicator on the bottom right will show a blink sequence indicating what the potential fault is. Most of the time its the physical soft starter. Glad to see you put a contactor in tho, they are junk.
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Oh really I didn’t know that. Thanks for the tip! Yeah mate i had already changed that soft starter twice. I was getting over it!
@prasadchamara72266 ай бұрын
Nice work ❤❤❤❤
@SkilledNFS10 ай бұрын
Great video Mitch. Just to confirm, you only used the Run winding and Run cap wiring under the contractor. The start winding didn’t get used. Is this correct?
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. So an active goes to the contactor then out of the contactor, an active goes straight to the run winding on the compressor. Then another active goes to a capacitor (80uf) then out of the other side of the capacitor goes to the start winding. Common to neutral. Thanks 👍🏻
@nunya608110 ай бұрын
Have been told SS9s don’t like voltage drop. When replacing them now I use bootlace crimps (on all high load terminals)so you get a much better connection in the terminals with that stupid flex cable they send with SS9s.
@Ahsan-zh2ou9 ай бұрын
Why did u use 6 mm cable here , can we use the same cable of the unit .
@MentalLapse0910 ай бұрын
Hmmm, I've been replacing the soft starters. So you just put a contactor in and parallelled the capacitor?
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
Exactly mate, run straight to compressor and start through a capacitor to compressor. I’ve always replaced the soft starters as well mate. However I’ve come to the conclusion that they haven’t made the new soft starters any better so I’m over replacing them. Even tech support advised me to get rid of it. I have a wiring diagram on how to change to a contactor. If you ever need it I can send it to you. Cheers
@MentalLapse0910 ай бұрын
@@maracservices that would be awesome if you could? Those soft starters are expensive and crap.
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
@@MentalLapse09 no worries at all mate. What’s your email address? You can delete the email address after I send you the diagram lol.
@cameronmaguire9210 ай бұрын
Could I grab a copy of that diagram aswell mitch? I got a sound idea of what you did but wouldn't mind seeing it.
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
@@cameronmaguire92 yeah no worries at all mate. Write down your email address and I’ll send it to you. Then you can delete the comment if you don’t want everyone seeing your email address. Or email me at mitchattwood@maracservices.com.au and I’ll send it to you. Cheers
@JamieCRAIG-i1k8 ай бұрын
What is the name of the starter you used to replace the Actron soft starter? Where did the starter come from/used for?
@maracservices8 ай бұрын
I just removed the soft starter and put in a contactor in instead. So it no longer has a soft starter.
@brodiebunn785810 ай бұрын
Should do a video of how u wire the contactor to replace soft starter
@AGeurts10 ай бұрын
Very simple. Comp Call & Neutral will be your A1 & A2 // Active That feeds the SS will go into the top side of the contactor then loop that across to T2 // Bottom side of the Contactor will be your Start & Run.
@shuaib890810 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to have 240 on the start winding the whole time, usually single phase comps use a start relay like a potential relay
@maracservices10 ай бұрын
I’m just going off the DOL wiring diagram that Actron sent me mate.
@yassinaazouze844510 ай бұрын
Hey Mitch give us a ring if you can
@nikonlickon10 ай бұрын
Those soft starters are garbage! I’m down in Melbourne and do them weekly rubbish!