"Clay Harryman" wrote in message
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Short version -- I ran a new wire from the blower to the compressor.
My blower used to work but now it doesn't. Ideas?
Long version -- A couple of months ago, our air conditioner compressor
quit working. The blower would come on, but only hot air came out.
We called a professional (ARS) who showed me the problem. A
2-conductor wire that connects the blower to the compressor had a
break somewhere down the line on the ground side. He said he could
run it for about $300, or I could do it myself for less than $10. I
chose the second route. In the meantime, he grounded the return wire
to the compressor body and everything worked fine.
To be honest, I was content to leave it that way, but my wife insisted
I fix it the way I was shown.
Today, I finally had the time to try to fix it. First I turned
everything off at the thermostat. I got 50' of 3-conductor intercom
wire from Radio Shack. If one of the conductors breaks, I have a
redundancy to fall back on. It was just enough to reach from the
blower to the compressor. I attached the red conductor to the red
wire on the blower. I attached the green conductor to the white wire
on the blower. I then went to the compressor and plugged my red wire
into the wire nut that held the red wire from the original wire.
Finally I connected the green conductor into the wire nut that held
the white wire from the original. Got all that? I'm not sure I do.
Ok. I made sure all the connections were tight. Wire nuts outside.
Butt connectors inside. Electrical tape over all the connections.
(Yeah, I live in Texas. Tape does it all! 
. I went to the
thermostat and turned it on, now the blower won't even come on.
Any ideas on what might have happened?
Thank you,
Clay Harryman
Clay,
There is no guarantee that your unit is wired according to a specific color
code. It sounds as if you have incorrectly wired the unit and depending on
what will or won't work, may have burnt out a fuse or transformer. At this
point, you should call a professional to properly wire the unit since no one
here can see where the different colored wires are connected on your
specific installation.
- Robert