Turn on my A/C and it just goes hummmm...
I've been having A/C anomalies this summer, which I thought I'd fixed. First, it tripped the breaker, so I cleaned the coils, changed the circuit breaker, and it ran good for a couple of weeks. But no...
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
I wonder about having to remove the top shield
Then climb down and start the machine
Climb back up then...
Then climb back down to shut it off.
A seized fans motor can be detected by (not) spinning the evaporator fan from below without playing the part of a spider monkey. And seized motor tun time is reduced to seconds not minutes. To each his own...
By careful observation the condition of fan motor bearings by hearing and by feel of roughness in the hand spun fan.
JMHO
While true, it take MORE effort to remove the inside plenums to access the Evap impellor. Some ducted you CANNOT access the Impellor from inside at all. So, the best result for a novice is to go on top and spin the fan blade of the condenser. While up there, you can also see if insect mud nests are the cause of the fan motor not turning. Doug
