Re: Old Carrier central AC
Greetings,
I'll keep the sob story short/sweet. Outa work 5 years. Life-Its-Ownself onna shoestring.
21 year-old 2-ton Carrier AC ("Round One") on a little bungalow in the midwest. AC did OK for most of the summer.I set the thermostat for air. The little lite comes on, the blower blows. Nothing happens at the Condensing Unit. This happened some years ago and I had to repair an elec. connection, so I tested each connection (some corroded) on the CU. Checked wire nuts on the 220 v. connections. No help.
Unit has 150 psi equalized pressure. I believe this is sufficient to start the compressor. I have a little R-22.
Checked, tripped, reset the breaker. No help.
Can't really think of anyting else to focus on. Tstat seems to call for compressor. Compressor no go. Near as I can tell, it doesn't even click. Has to be an elec. failure of some sort?
If a good AC trouble-shooter could suggest some additional things to test or has some idea what the problem might be, I'd be eternally grateful. Service call is out of the question: gotta do my po' self.
Thanks, Puddin'