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T_bone1
Explorer II
Sep 15, 2018

AC motor fan

A few days ago the fan on front AC didn't want to go..I went on top and gave it help and it has worked fairly well until about 5 AM today..Fan motor stopped and compressor kept going..so I turned it off.....After a few minutes I turned it back on and it fired right off...for about 20 minutes! It will come on now and run for a while and the fan shuts off. I am thinking I need to replace the motor..Doesn't look like too difficult of a job. Any and all suggestions are appreciated. Thanks,Terry.
  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Sep 17, 2018
    Some units have a single cap that is both Start AND RUn but there is always a Start Cap. or so says ELI the ICE man.. if you know who that is. or rather what that is. you know WHY there is always a cap.. Sometimes there are 2 of 'em.
  • Learjet's avatar
    Learjet
    Explorer
    Sep 17, 2018
    wa8yxm wrote:
    Some units have a single cap that is both Start AND RUn but there is always a Start Cap. or so says ELI the ICE man.. if you know who that is. or rather what that is. you know WHY there is always a cap.. Sometimes there are 2 of 'em.


    Do you mean to say there is always a run capacitor and sometimes a start capacitor for the compressor? I believe this is correct.

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