On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 9:22:12 PM UTC-4, Boris wrote:
trader_4 wrote in
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On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 3:30:08 PM UTC-4, Boris wrote:
J Burns wrote in
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big snip

I told you a week ago to take a 6 pack out with a chair, sit by the
unit, and see if the fan quits first, then the compressor over heats
and quits. That would indicate a fan problem, which from everything
else you've said so far, appears to be what you had. First fan
probably was bad and they replaced it with a faster one that also
quits because it's the wrong one.


That's what I did. It only took one beer, but both stopped at the same
time. When reported to tech, he said compressor and fan are wired
together so if fan stops, compressor stops. Not sure I believe that,
because the compressor has a thermal sensor protector.


Sorry, I forgot that you reported that. It's possible they are
wired together somehow, but I agree with you that I wouldn't believe
it without seeing it myself. You should have a schematic. I know
on mine that if the fan motor quits, the compressor keeps running.




Yes, replacement fan was the wrong fan. If this doesn't fix things, I'm
going to get a new a/c unit. I've pretty much had it with this thing.
Had to drive up there four times already and listen to techs tell me
differing stories. I only hope that if/when I get a new unit, they can
install it correctly.

I don't buy the kickstart thing theory. If the new fan cures the
problem, I'm going to install the original capacitor. Using a lot of
juice to start the compressor, seems to me, could shorten its life.

I wouldn't worry about the hard start kit. They are put on AC units
all the time and I've never heard of them shortening the life. I
had one put on mine when it was 10 years old, because it was blowing
fuses. It went another 10 years and was still running fine with no
problems. I think the opposite is true. It's better to have the hard
start kit and get it going, than have it struggle.