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Posted by Bubba on July 11, 2007, 10:41 pm
>Scott wrote:
>>> Ok, I disconneded power and took the fan off the top of the condenser,
>>> then used simple green & a fertilizer sprayer mounted to a hose to get
>>> the soap everywhere on the inside of the coils, and then again on the
>>> outside, switched to a knozzle and sprayed ton of dirt off the thing.
>>> I felt bad having waited this long, we never cleaned them before.
>>> Going to have to turn it off while I mow and trim around it from now
>>> on, there was a fair bit of grass debris in it. Will do that annually
>>> now that I am aware of it.
>>>
>>> Using my chisel and a large rock, slip joint plyers and duct tape (G)
>>> I removed the fan from the motor and found a cap that I removed
>>> exposing some foam sort of thing that had oil on it and a shaft
>>> bearing. There was some black crud (sorry for techical term) around
>>> the lower bearing I scraped away, and then I added some heavy oil to
>>> the bearing and foam, loaded it up as much as possible and then put
>>> the covers back on. The black stuff may be because of overheating.
>>> Oh well, the lube job was not too bad if it works. Got it all back
>>> assembled and it runs again. Lets see if that's the problem. There
>>> did not appear to be any bearing issues with rotation, so the tech
>>> might be correct, the windings might be bad.
>>>
>>> Did both units while I was at it, there was an old fire-ant mound
>>> inside the smaller unit - had to get my shop vac out for that one!
>>> quite a bit of dirt, about the size of twelve pack.
>>>
>>> I also got the specs for the 4 ton motor - Emerson 1/4 horse job,
>>> etc. Can look for replacement if needed, and I think I'll need it.
>>>
>>> Scott
>>
>> This is the exact specs of the motor, I think I can get a buddy with
>> an account to purchase one if I need it.
>>
>> http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4MB69
>>
>> S
>>
>
>Buy a Fasco D792. It's a ball-bearing motor, too. Don't forget a new
>start capacitor as well.
>
>http://www.electricmotorwarehouse.com/fasco/Catalog/5-6diameter.pdf
>
>and...
>
>http://www.electricmotorwarehouse.com/fasco/fasco_pricing.htm
>
>or... the same A.O. Smith...
>
>http://www.electricmotorwarehouse.com/aosmith/price_page.htm
>
>They sell to you... and you'll get great service, too. I've used these
>folks on big commercial motors for a number of years (and yes... I get a
>discount!).
Are you banging the counter girl again? Sorry Jake. That was just too
easy. :-)
Bubba
>Jake
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