Will a compressor run without freon?
Neighbors 2004 Forest River TT air conditioner is not cooling. Fan, blower runs fine, compressor also as it is hot to the touch. My experience has been if there is no freon the compressor will not run...
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j-d wrote:
Thanks Bob, hadn't heard about the internal coupling. You're right about the clamp-on ammeter. With that and a decent DVOM, with mfd capability, the wiring diagram and the compressor labeling for Run Amps, Locked Rotor and Start Amps, we can do a goodly amount of troubleshooting.
Bob, what's Amperage when compressor is OK but Capacitor is shot? I'm thinking it's also Locked Rotor. Is that true?
I'm not sure. I've never tried to measure it, but LRA makes sense. The compressor, or any inductive load, draws LRA at startup, but it's for such a short duration, it won't trip the breaker unless there's some other issue.
