For this evaluation I showed up to the customer's home and she stated the unit was only blowing hot air and the compressor sounded like it was short cycling. I started off in the air handler where it was running but I did not feel refrigerant flowing through the lines. When I went to the condenser I opened it up and saw the capacitor had melted the center wire and broken off. I replaced the capacitor and the system started functioning normally, however due to the rain I was unable to gauge up to measure refrigerant. There are a number of reasons the wire could have been fried but my thoughts are a power surge from the storms or a loose Spade connection. I talked to the homeowners and they asked about whole home surge protection so I explained what it does and how it works and they elected to have it installed. I installed it on the 45amp AC breaker and both green lights were on indicating the house was protected.