"Brandon McCombs" wrote in message
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Hello,

I'm hoping this is the correct group to use for my problem. I couldn't
find a more suitable one from the list of available groups.

My problem is that my A/C is basically broken right now. I have an
American Standard Freedom 90 furnace and an Allegiance 13 (I think) AC
unit outside. I turn the A/C on at the thermostat and the condenser kicks
on outside (I can see the fan rotating) but the house does not cool down.
In fact, I end up with a puddle on my basement floor around the furnace
because the coolant lines quickly freeze up and I get massive condensation
built up (and eventually melting ice). I'm guessing the blower is not
running but have no clue how to fix it or what caused it to stop running
in the first place. The light on the front is blinking 6 times which
indicates a "115 VAC reverse polarity or grounding problem" but I don't
think either of those are really the problem unless the gurgling water
problem that I mention below somehow caused a grounding issue.

The A/C was working on Thursday night. Friday when I get home from work
the house was warm. I inspected the condensation line (not sure what it is
really called) and it was frozen. I let everything thaw out but it still
wouldn't work. Today I noticed the hose, which leads on one end to what
looks like fan in a black casing in the upper portion of the furnace unit,
was not connected. I connected it and I also flipped the breaker. Still
have the light flashing 6 times. Setting the thermostat to "fan" doesn't
do anything either.

One last thing to note is that earlier in the week I had the local
American Standard guy come to the house because I heard gurgling when I
tried to run the A/C. Turns out the hose I mentioned above that was frozen
solid on Friday had a bunch of water in it earlier in the week. The hose
had either been clogged or the sump pump that the hose leads to was not
working. I haven't yet confirmed what the source of that problem was but
now I have the problem where the A/C won't run at all.

The furnace and A/C units are only about 15 months old. I haven't touched
any wiring (afraid to do so) and don't know anything about these things
(I'm a new homeowner) so I'm at a loss to fix it myself but I want to
learn. I also really don't want to have to call the HVAC guy again because
I don't think he is very good and he may not be able to come by for a
couple days anyway with the holiday coming up so I'd like to fix it
myself, assuming a part doesn't need replaced.

Any ideas? Remember, I don't know what things are so be descriptive when
you mention part names.

thanks
Brandon

You better call someone. There is likely too much to troubleshoot on your
own. It could be the fan motor, it could be a wire fell off or was knocked
loose, maybe the low voltage fan wire from the subbase.