You really are impressed with yourself. Perhaps because no one else is.

RB

Tony Berlin wrote:
I will simply answer your question by replying to the first part, since you
don't know the answer to that question, I am not inclined to accept as fact
that you are or have taken training in anything other than ignorance any
idiot with a copy of Goodhart-Wilcox Modern HVAC or the mental capacity to
use a search engine can locate the answers to those questions. The reply I
gave to the question was accurate.....period. And if you did in fact take
training at some community college or whatever mail order course you
subscribed to, I would seek recompense from then......without delay.
"Stormin Mormon" wrote in message
...

Dear Tony,
I've been posting to home repair for a couple years. I've read

Turtle's

posts for several years, and he's been a real wealth of information. He's
solved problems for myself, and many others.
I'm not quite so sure about you, though. However, it is very possible
that I'm mistaken. Lets see if maybe I'm mistaken. How about you answer a
couple questions for me. I'm a rather new heating and AC tech, so here's a
great chance for me to learn.

1) You say that each of the three compressor terminals represents its own
winding. I know of two windings, but you say there are three. What are the
names of the three windings, and what do they each do?

2) What are the names of the electrical terminals on a typical compressor?
What does each terminal do?

3) In terms of temperature, what happens when a terminal is corroded, and
trying to carry current? And in terms of the electrical flow, what happens
when a terminal is corroded?

4) What is the electrical current path through a compressor? For example,
which terminal is hot, and which is neutral?

I will likely be working on condensing units this summer, and perhaps some
of your answers will help me to be a better technician.

--

Christopher A. Young
Jesus: The Reason for the Season
www.lds.org
www.mormons.com


"Tony Berlin" wrote in message
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Each of the three wires on your compressor
represents it's own respective winding in the compressor. Each, when
excessive current draw is present, indicate to a competent (dare I say

that

word here), technician the correct path to follow with respect to
troubleshooting. So in order to even begin to remotely guess at the

problem

one would need the information specific to which wire is carring excessive
current. Even though they all may indicate excessive current, simply due

to

the proximity of one to the other, there is one that is the actual carring
the excessive current. With that being said, the first thing a service

tech

would do is use an Amprobe to determine the actual draw in each conductor,