On Aug 23, 7:50*am, jamesgangnc wrote:
On Aug 23, 6:47*am, ransley wrote:





On Aug 22, 10:01*pm, The Daring Dufas the-daring-

wrote:
On 8/22/2010 9:06 PM, ransley wrote:

My 1986 Lennox AC compressor unit just stopped running, the fan isnt
running and no noise comes from the unit, I reset the breakers and the
thermostat is the old round analog Honywell, its calling for cooling.
Ive never worked on this but is there anything I can test with a V
meter before I call a pro. 3 weeks ago I lost all freon from a big
leak and had it fixed, all has been fine until today. I would think at
least the fan would run.

If there was a thunderstorm, a voltage spike could have blown the
run capacitor. If your air handler fan doesn't run, it's a power
problem there because the 24 volt control voltage comes from the
furnace/air handler. Without the 24 volts AC, the condensing unit
where the compressor is will not come on. If you can push in the
insulated contact carrier on the condenser contactor and the fan
and compressor run, you'll know it's not getting control voltage
from the furnace/air handler.

TDD

What does the condensor contactor look like where do I find it, I
wonder if the tech left a wire loose since it seems like it just has
no power. I do know I dont think it was installed with proper gauge
wiring , Its about a 60 ft run of 2 pieces of 10 ga and it rattles in
the pipe and at the breaker on turn on. All these years of rattling
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I've never heard of a wire or a breaker "rattling". *The freon lines
on some units can be noisy and that might be what you hear.

You can check for 240vac at the unit. *It should be easy to trace to
the contactor (a big relay). *The contactor is a 24vac activated relay
that supplies 240vac to the entire unit. *The inside half sends the
24vac. *It is possible to manually activate a contactor by pushing it
down carefully with something. *The compressor and it's fan are both
activated by the contactor. *If there are any additional controls such
as the startup delay board they will most likely be on the 24vac
side. *Both the compressor and the fan will use run capacitors but
they may be combined in a single can. *Ther may also be a start
capacitor on the compressor. *Since nothing is running I doubt it's a
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I can hear the wires "Rattle" inside the conduit and the breaker on
the main panel makes a zip noise when it powers on, I bet it should
have been a larger gauge but they had no more room in the conduit. I
mentioned it to them on install and they said 'its ok", but I know it
would have been rejected by an inspector. I didnt get a permit or an
inspection for the install, In 96 I didnt think permits-inspectors
were a help. Thats why I wonder is I have any power since nothing
works, but im no electrician.