More likely a dirty condensor. Dissemble the unit and clean both
coils.

Incidentally, please don't ever remove or bypass an overload
protector. It's there to protect you.

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Christopher A. Young
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You have to starve them.
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"MikeL" wrote in message
ups.com...
: this unit is a 1.5 years old and it cuts out the external
: overload....jumping out the exteral OL, the compressor runs,
but you
: can feel it heating up and it will eventually cut out the
internal
: overload. I know these units are probably not worth replacing a
: compressor..
: But I was wondering...is it possibly an internal problem w/ the
: compressor or could it be a low freon problem causing high
pressure,
: and then cutting out? Is it worth putting a line tap on it to
check
: the pressures to see? (I don't mind 'tinkering' w/ it, but I
don't
: want to put any money in it)
: Thanks for your advise!
: