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Pete C.

MiamiCuse wrote:

"Pete C." wrote in message
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kust a shot, put the fan to run position. spin the fan blower by hand to
get it started. if it starts you can run with it on all the time till
you get capacitor changed. just set ac to auto ,fan on run.

Yes, if you get a hum and water i.e. condensation dripping the
compressor and refrigerant are probably ok. Don't let it run like that
since it will eventually freeze up without airflow. If it's just the fan
that's not working it should be fairly easy to fix. BTW, it would help
to specify if this is a window unit vs. central since that makes some
difference in the diagnosis.

It's central air. Fan is not working I manually switched fan from "Auto" to
"On" and nothing.

That changes the prognosis quite a bit since unlike a window unit, the
inside and outside unit fans for central are of course separate. Is it
the inside fan only that is not working, and the outside fan is ok? If
it's just the inside air handler that isn't running, it could be as
simple as a tripped or shut off circuit breaker, since the inside and
outside units are typically on different circuits.