lennox hp19-411

[stine]

have a lennox HP 19-411 heat pump. After not needing AC for a couple of weeks I turned the thermastate to cool but after a couple of hours noticed the house was not cooling. Went outside to compressor and the fan was not turning. Turned off breaker to outside unit. Took grill off the unit to turn the fan by hand. Initially the fan was stuck but after a little force the fan blades spun freely. I touched the fan motor with hand and it was warm. Turned breaker back on with thermastate still on cool but the outside compressor would not come on. Fan blades spin freely by hand. Turned thermostate to heat, raised therno temp, went out side and compressor no running. I m thinking problem with fan motor frying. How would i check? Or any other suggestions.

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[Steve]

Its old, its worn out, its paid its dues, and its ready to collect social security.

Lennox hasn't used that numbering system in like 20 years. Its long past its design service life, and its time to replace the whole system.....inside

*AND* outside. No you really don't have a choice. Call you local *COMPETENT*(not the cheapest), licensed, insured, professionally trained HVAC tech to do a complete room-by-room Manual J heat load and loss analysis on your home to correctly size and install a new system. If correctly sized and installed, a new system could cut your utility bills up to 50%.