A/C condenser fix

Condensor and main unit??? What do you mean? Do you mean the outdoor condensor and the indoor evap coil/air handler?

That you are indeed....seriously.

Nope..its running isnt it?

Probably not. Most times when we see this, its due to a compressor that is about to go..however, it didnt throw your breaker....and while thats actually more common than some would like to admit, its odd.. Now...I can tell you that I cant see it, I cant take amp readings, and so on.... But I might suggest in the strongest sense of the word, that you get a good tech out and let them go over the unit and check it out....I have seem MANY a wasps nest in a disconnect, but being that they are made of paper, its a rare thing that it shorts out anything...ever...

NP..thats what we do...sometimes..LOL

Ahh...you really need a good, honest tech... could be pointing to a potential problem...or, you just ran the unit longer, or havent serviced it in a while....

Ok..standard split system, I thought so, but in case someone else was reading it helps to have the right parts, stated... No big deal...

Ummm think RUN cap...not all units use a START cap..and even if it is, paper wont short one like that...and if it had, since most all caps in the units made in the last 30 years or so, have a constant supply off the contactor, it would have done alot more than dischargethe cap..

Good idea, but it could be a sign of bigger problems, and your higher than norm bill, MIGHT, and thats M I G H T be pointing to other issues..

Might, maybe, be covered in a sealant that we use. But, no...prob not a cause. Thats powered from your 24VAC transformer in the unit in your attic..not the unit outside..all that does is tell the condensor its time to close the contactor..

Do...would like to know what he tells you and see how good he really was... really.

Thanks...we try not to be, and the State Boards a good bunch..keeps us all on our toes. And thats good.

ALL equipment is good when installed correct. All equipment is crap when put in wrong... That said, some equipment is less expensive to own. Lennox thinks REAL highly of replacement parts....moreso than American Standard, or Trane even... As far as the brand...installed right, its there with any other brand...when it breaks, thats when you will see the big difference...your wallet will be much lighter, and the repair tech will be lots happier. For THAT reason, I dont like Lennox. They are also, in some cases, real tight and stingy about warranty parts, but I think thats more of a regional thing.

CBHvac (wish you'd use your real name):

You mentioned "running a long time": Yes, it had been running a long time. We experienced many days of > 100 degrees up until this occurred, and the electric bill last month was VERY HIGH.

I had a chat with my brother-in-law and he agreed that getting a good installer is the key - Lennox or York. He said he could save me a couple hundred with a Lennox family-member discount, but I don't know that I am going to do it when the day comes. I think I am going to start my search for the right company now.

I liked your pictures on your website. If I had taken some pictures of it, I'd post my own experience with ducting off this same unit. Long story short, one half of the downstairs of our 2-story house has never heated or cooled well - and it all seemed like a flow problem. Being that directly overhead was an addition done to the house before we owned it, I was convinced that there were crushed flex ducting under the floorboards up there.

I talked the wife into letting me pull up carpet and boards, and I found that a total of five ducts ranging from 5" to 10" were all crammed though a floorboard cutout of about 200 SQ inches.

Still haven't called a carpet guy out, though, to fix my peel-back. I never seem to complete my projects' cosmetics.

Thanks for your help,

Danny Hindes