Just for grins, have you tried cycling the circuit breakers? There should be two 2-pole breakers (one for air handler and one for condenser).
When I returned about noon one day my new Carrier heat pump was making a loud banging noise and was not producing heat. Cycling the breaker fixed it. I left it off for 5-10 min. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes > Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2020 5:26 PM > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Cc: Kaleb Striplin <ka...@striplin.net> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The rental house AC > > They said they were ordering a new one from Trane. Hopefully that is what > happens. I’m still wondering if the fan quit working and it burned up the > compressor. You would think they would habe checked that because it’s not > like compressor kicks on then shuts off later if pressure gets too high. It > just > does not kick on at all. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Sep 2, 2020, at 3:40 PM, Floyd Thursby via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > Make sure they replace it with a real fan and not a cheapo "rescue" motor. > > > > I was away once and the fan motor went out (this is the condenser cooling > fan) and the guy came and put in a new one, was like $500, my wife paid him. > Fan goes out again less than a year later, I call the guy, he comes out and > finds > a rescue motor instead of the real deal. So I tell him we paid like $500 for > this, > why is it a substandard unit? He hems and haws and tells me he can put in the > right motor but he'll have to charge me $75 for a visit. I tell him how about > you > do what your guy was supposed to have done, and you charged us for, and I > won't see you in court. He got all pissy but put in the right motor. His > wife, > who ran the books, called me 2-3 times wanting the $75 and I told her to > bugger off, she finally stopped calling. > > > > Turns out his guy was doing this to everyone, billing for the real motor but > putting in a cheapo and pocketing the cash. He got fired but the business > owner was still trying to charge me for his guy's fraud, probably everyone > else > too, to get a little back on what he was screwed out of. Go figure. > > > > --FT > > > >> On 9/2/20 4:22 PM, Kaleb Striplin via Mercedes wrote: > >> Inside unit comes on but outside unit doesn’t. When it’s turned on you hear > a semi loud click. That sound was the contactor pulling in. Put in a service > request with the warranty people. They came out today. Fan was bad, > ordering a new one. I guess if the fan is bad it prevents the unit from > kicking on > so it doesn’t burn up the compressor? > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > -- > > --FT > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
