I was 3,500 miles away in S. America last week when my cat sitter
reported that my air conditioning condenser outside wasn't running.

I have an American Home Shield warranty and got my neighbour to meet
the repair guy at the house. The repair guy told me the condenser fan
bearings were shot and the motor needed replacing. Okay, it's 28 years
old as far as I know.

Then he tells me he's going to tell American Home Shield that the motor
failed due to improper maintainence because one surface of the
condenser coils were dirty. He said the heat made the motor fail.

I asked him how heat build up could take out the bearings in a motor.
He just said that's what happened then promptly called AHS and got my
coverage denied. Then he told me he'd charge me $750 for a new motor,
fan and coil cleaning. Being on the other side of the planet I had no
choice but to let him rape me if I wanted a working AC when I got home.

So, my question is this: Is there anyway possible that dirty coils
could stop a fan motor from running? (I doubt very much that the motor
was thermal protected.)



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Dallas