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Posted by CJT on July 17, 2006, 6:03 pm
Never_Enough_Tools wrote:
>
>>I agree, I kept my old unit running replacing wires and capacitors &
>>even fans and blowers for 10 years before replacing the whole thing.
>>I've found that unless you can find an open connection it is likely a
>>capacitor & often a bad capacitor will fry a wire which will also need
>>to be replaced. Caps are a good first try, and much cheaper than a
>>house call. The main thing is that after you run through it with the
>>multimeter, turn off the power before poking around and still you
>>should treat it like it is hot.
>>
>
>
> Count me in too....My AC stopped working once and in a moment of weakness I
> let the wife call a service company out of the newspaper. The guy came over,
> poked around inside and out, then declared the compressor dead and started
> to sell me a whole new unit.
The last time I calls a "professional," he proceeded to rip the wires
off all the terminal blocks and then pronounced I'd need a whole new
unit. When I asked him to instead put it back the way he'd found it so
I could get a second opinion, he refused, got in his truck, and drove
away.
>
> I told him I'd think about it, then did some poking around of my own.
> Re-opened up the panel on the outside unit, looked inside for about 30
> seconds and found the problem.
>
> A very unlucky mouse had found his way on top of the start cap and in the
> process of frying himself also burnt one wire off its terminal. A couple
> minutes of stripping and crimping a new terminal and its been golden
> since.....
>
> I really wanted to deliver the smoked mouse carcass to that service company,
> I gotta tell ya......That's the last time I'll ever call anyone without at
> least LOOKING myself !!!
>
> No guts, No glory, Right?
>
> And of course I did all this with the power OFF....I may have moments of
> stupidity but I'm not dumb ;)
>
> Jeff
>
>
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