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
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.
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.
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.
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 👍
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
@@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
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?
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 👍🏻
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
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.
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
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.
This one is quite old too and it’s only ever had a soft starter and indoor fan motor fail. Sounds similar!
Hi Mitch
How much does it cost to change soft starter ?
Vinaka vaka levu Mitch❤ nice videos as always
Thank you mate!
Hi Mitch, thank you for your video, Can I grab a copy of the diagram of how you change to contactor please? Much appreciated
Mitch, good to see your resolution for the Actron, soft starter whereabouts are you as we’re in Shellharbour
I’m located in the Sutherland Shire 👍🏻
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.
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 👍
Good to hear the Daikin performed well! Another hot one today and I’ll be going to bundanoon.
@@maracservices Enjoy the drive down, and a safe return back. I'd like to meet up with you oneday 👍
@@maracservicesnice watching your channel Mitch thx
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.
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!
Why did u use 6 mm cable here , can we use the same cable of the unit .
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 👍
Thanks!
What’s your business card/info?
@@TalikifeaBoy
Marac Services Pty Ltd
Mitch
0416 378 527
mitchattwood@maracservices.com.au
Thanks
Nice work
Good video Mate! thank you for sharing !!!
Hmmm, I've been replacing the soft starters. So you just put a contactor in and parallelled the capacitor?
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
@@maracservices that would be awesome if you could? Those soft starters are expensive and crap.
@@MentalLapse09 no worries at all mate. What’s your email address? You can delete the email address after I send you the diagram lol.
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.
@@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
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?
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 👍🏻
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
I’m just going off the DOL wiring diagram that Actron sent me mate.
Hey Mitch give us a ring if you can
Great stuff Mitch!
Thanks mate!
What is the name of the starter you used to replace the Actron soft starter? Where did the starter come from/used for?
I just removed the soft starter and put in a contactor in instead. So it no longer has a soft starter.
Nice work ❤❤❤❤
Should do a video of how u wire the contactor to replace soft starter
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.
Those soft starters are garbage! I’m down in Melbourne and do them weekly rubbish!