Ashton Crusher wrote in
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On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 01:20:49 +0000 (UTC), Boris
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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.

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.


That might be the case. I do have a 43 year old AC unit with the
original compressor that had a kick start kit put on it in 1985 and
the thing is still running here in Phx AZ. I'm beginning to think
it's going to outlast me. It has gone thru three condenser fan motors
though.

As my kids would say, "OMG".