Wow, you know alot about these units, I wish I could say the same, but I know nothing about them. We decided to keep the ac off overnight, so it will have a 24 hour period of rest, excluding the 3 times we plugged it back in to see if the ice cold air was still coming out of it while in fan mode LOL. I'm hoping that it is just some really stubborn ice and once it leaves the unit will work the way it should.Tomorrow, I think will be the third day that we are dealing with this.....it might be two days, I lost track LOL. Yes, we have run the ac on power saver for quite a while now, mabie 6 months or longer.The electric bill is so high. ----- Original Message ----- From: "chiliblindman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 28, 2007 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [SPAM] [BlindHandyMan] WINDOW AC BLOWING OUT COLD AIR ON FAN SETTING
>I had missed your earlier post on my other computer. If it was on power >saver and has been used on power saver mode for long periods of time, like >three years to keep it quieter on a slower fan speed. I have seen where >the fan will ground out and bypass power to complete the power requirements >needed to run the compressor. It sounds funny, but I have seen it happen. >It usually involves the capacitor circuits. > It just might have been frozen up that hard that it allowed the air to > be cooled due to defrosting a solid block of ice. > Feathering of the contacts happens any time, but especially when low > voltage due to high demand. The contacts on the contactor heat up, become > lose and move a little. Around the outside edge of the contact there will > form arc weld spots and splattering to the plate that the contact is > mounted to, which is referred to as feathering. The contacts will become > pitted and burn. Once it gets to bad or lasts too long, the contactor > will burn or arc fast, in the on position and the unit can not stop if the > main power switch is turned on. There are other reasons for them not to > shut off also. ........................bob > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
