Heat pump fan/relay question

You and your tech is not making any sense why
because 90% if not 100% of time condenser fan is hooked up
in parallel with compressor both are running of the same contactor
so how fan is running and compressor is not it doesn't make any sense
and I personally don't believe you what are you saying.
Tony

> Hi All,

> I was having a problem with my (heat pump) a/c acting up - compressor

> and fan not engaging and intermittent system starts inside. A

> technician took a look at my system repaired a bad ground wire inside

> and replaced the contactor and capacitor in the heat pump. Everything

> seems ok except now the outdoor condenser fan *now* runs continuously!

> The technician said it's because the relay is also bad, he didn't have

> one with him, and it would be replaced shortly. The unit is at least

> 15 years old, well maintained, and otherwise works well.

> Two questions: Does this seem feasible (the relay causing the fan to

> run continuously)? And, for a day or two will it be OK if the

> compressor fan (which is about a year old) runs continuously?

> Thanks for your help,

> Mark

Posted by Joseph on July 31, 2007, 9:07 pm

> You and your tech is not making any sense why

> because 90% if not 100% of time condenser fan is hooked up

> in parallel with compressor both are running of the same contactor

> so how fan is running and compressor is not it doesn't make any sense

> and I personally don't believe you what are you saying.

> Tony

HO's get it wrtong all the time, that's why you can't (shouldn't) try to
diagnose it over the internet...

> > Hi All,

> >

> > I was having a problem with my (heat pump) a/c acting up - compressor

> > and fan not engaging and intermittent system starts inside. A

> > technician took a look at my system repaired a bad ground wire inside

> > and replaced the contactor and capacitor in the heat pump. Everything

> > seems ok except now the outdoor condenser fan *now* runs continuously!

> > The technician said it's because the relay is also bad, he didn't have

> > one with him, and it would be replaced shortly. The unit is at least

> > 15 years old, well maintained, and otherwise works well.

> >

> > Two questions: Does this seem feasible (the relay causing the fan to

> > run continuously)? And, for a day or two will it be OK if the

> > compressor fan (which is about a year old) runs continuously?

> >

> > Thanks for your help,

> >

> > Mark

Posted by Mark on July 31, 2007, 9:52 pm

I stated that my compressor works fine and it is the compressor fan
that runs continuously.

Looking at my original message below, I think Tony got the wrong
impression. As I stated below, after the technician left, the
compressor itself was working fine, the only lasting problem was just
with the compressor fan running continuously! I'm not getting this
wrong.

Mark

wrote:

>> You and your tech is not making any sense why

>> because 90% if not 100% of time condenser fan is hooked up

>> in parallel with compressor both are running of the same contactor

>> so how fan is running and compressor is not it doesn't make any sense

>> and I personally don't believe you what are you saying.

>> Tony

> HO's get it wrtong all the time, that's why you can't (shouldn't) try to

diagnose it over the internet...

>> > Hi All,

>> >

>> > I was having a problem with my (heat pump) a/c acting up - compressor

>> > and fan not engaging and intermittent system starts inside. A

>> > technician took a look at my system repaired a bad ground wire inside

>> > and replaced the contactor and capacitor in the heat pump. Everything

>> > seems ok except now the outdoor condenser fan *now* runs continuously!

>> > The technician said it's because the relay is also bad, he didn't have

>> > one with him, and it would be replaced shortly. The unit is at least

>> > 15 years old, well maintained, and otherwise works well.

>> >

>> > Two questions: Does this seem feasible (the relay causing the fan to

>> > run continuously)? And, for a day or two will it be OK if the

>> > compressor fan (which is about a year old) runs continuously?

>> >

>> > Thanks for your help,

>> >

>> > Mark

Posted by Tony on July 31, 2007, 10:14 pm

>> You and your tech is not making any sense why

>> because 90% if not 100% of time condenser fan is hooked up

>> in parallel with compressor both are running of the same contactor

>> so how fan is running and compressor is not it doesn't make any sense

>> and I personally don't believe you what are you saying.

>> Tony

> HO's get it wrtong all the time, that's why you can't (shouldn't) try

> to diagnose it over the internet...

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