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Posted by Don Ocean on July 21, 2008, 1:12 am
.p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 08:04:49 -0700 (PDT), designwebs
>
>> Our Carrier home air cond. system has started acting up. It is doing
>> the following.
>>
>> 1. I will run for about and hour or so and stop.
>> 2. Service tech comes out and checks freon levels are good and finds
>> a switch inside the unit that was blackend. He replaces the switch
>> and I fire it up. Service guys ssys do not turn off anyhting and call
>> him back it it stops. It runs about 2 hours and stops.
>> 3. service guy comes back out and removes cover over compressor and
>> finds that the cap over the wires going into the compressor is broken
>>from heat. The power is off to the unit. While standing there we
>> hear a poping noise and the service guy says it will run now. He says
>> the compressor has a thermal switch on it that will cut it off if it
>> gets to hot. He plugs the power plug back in and tells me to fire it
>> up. I do and the units come back to life. He then takes down the
>> serial number from my units and tells me they will have to call
>> Carrier tech support and ask them what they think it is.
>> Service thinks that there could be a bad filter or something clogged
>> on the system and he is not sure. He says they will get with me on
>> Monday.
>
> This gives you an opportunity to call someone who knows WTF
> he's doing. You don't have one yet. Tell this guy to spend his
> Monday ( and his life ) somewhere else .
>
>> He said that if the compressor is bad it is almost has easy to put a
>> new unit in and be done with it. He said a new compressor can cost
>> upwards or 800.00 to 900.00 or more.
>
> How much you wanna bet when he comes back, he tells you 'the
> factory says it's a bad compressor' ?
>
> I can tell you this, without doubt - it is NOT a bad
> compressor.
Its that damned thermostat again. ;-p
>
>
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