ColemanMach Replacement Start Capacitor (14970901) by ColemanMach. Enjoy your outdoor adventures in any season with the RV air conditioner. Designed to provide superior functionality and troublefree operation, this premiumgrade product will help maintain a comfortable environment inside your RV. Its made to be tough as nails and durable to withstand even the most extreme conditions. So, rely on this topgrade product to get the most out of your RV living.A capacitor is a clever device composed of two metal conductors separated by an insulating material. On an air conditioner, they often look like large, cylindrical batteries with two or three posts sticking out of the top. The main job of capacitors is to store electrons to provide startup energy for your air conditioner, they build up a charge when electricity runs through them by swapping electrons between the two conductive plates inside. Because of their capacitors, air conditioners do a little magic trick every time they start up. Your A/C unit actually requires a great deal more startup energy than is available through your homes wiring, so the capacitor is added to the circuit to give an electrical jumpstart at the same moment that your air conditioner is drawing power from the electrical grid. Together, these two electrical sources provide the right amount of juice to your air conditioner. The capacitors job is over until an air conditioning cycle is complete. Then the compressor must start up again. Your air conditioner may actually contain several different capacitors, including the compressor motor capacitor, the outside fan motor capacitor, the indoor fan motor capacitor and the start capacitor. The most common capacitor to fail is the compressor motor capacitor. It has a big job, and an even bigger footprint in your air conditioner. Its actually a dual capacitor, with three terminals instead of just two.