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Posted by on July 7, 2006, 8:17 am
I have a heat pump. The "coil" he replaced was indeed a capacitor, so
that's been done. The way he described the part was that it was sort
of like an ignition coil for an automobile. With the prevelance of
coils in these systems I should have used the proper word "capacitor"
to describe the part that has been replaced.
I was reading yesterday and some notes I took were:
overload setting
compressor windings resistance
tripped overload ???
defective lockout relay
I'm thinking that whatever it is only requires a power cycling to
reset. The wiring looks good, as in not all ratty, corroded etc.
Thanks guys.
gofish@gonefishin.net wrote:
> formlessreflections@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Hi-
> >
> >I don't have the specifics of my hvac on hand but recently it started
> >failing on me. The first time it failed was early this summer when I
> >first turned the ac on. The outside condensing unit fan was not
> >spinning and of course no cold air was coming out of my vents. The
> >indoors blower/coil was fine.
>
>
> sure would be nice to know if you have a heat pump or straight ac
> condenser. might make a huge difference.
> >
> >I called a tech and he replaced the "coil" which he said was the
> >problem. He told me that the coil was failing and that was why the
> >condensor fan was not starting. Before he replaced the coil he was
> >able to get it started by giving it a turn.
>
> from the sounds of your gibberish, the tech was probably referring to
> the capacitor for the CF motor.
> >
> >Today, a month later, the same thing has happened. I went home durring
> >lunch to find that the condensor fan was not spinning. I killed the
> >breaker and took an access panel off so that I could access the fan in
> >order to give it a nudge and apply power. However, before I did that I
> >thought that I would try to flip the breaker one more time and apply
> >power to the unit. It came on and is working now.
> >
> >So my question is a general one. What parts of the unit are
> >responsible for the fan operation?
>
> depends on if its a heat pump condenser or straight ac.
>
> What should I have a tech look at?
> >No, I don't plan on fixing it myself but after paying a tech already to
> >"fix" it once I'd much rather be armed with information the next time
> >around. The last time I felt so naked without some sort of knowledge.
> >
> >Thanks for any info you can give.
>
> Look for a tech in his late 40's or 50's. Chances are you'll be
> getting someone who has a clue what he's doing, and there's a high
> probability he's honest as well.
>
> Next, stand over his shoulder and watch every single thing he does.
> Ask him to explaiin what each component does, and how they interact
> with each other.
>
> Ask him to explain how hot air from inside your house is transferred
> to outside.
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