I thought I would get my York central AC unit repaired well before summer hits. The unit is about 9 years old. Last year, the unit stopped cooling but the fan still ran fine. The repair guy look at it and the wires going from the compressor area to the capicator had melted and stopped working. The repair guy replaced the wires and the capicator. A few months later it happened again. A different repair from another company installed a heavy duty wiring kit and the unit worked again for a few months then stopped when the wires melted again.
Obviously the unit is pushing too much current through these wires. A friend said that it might have a starter relay on top of the compression that is not shutting off after the compresser is started. I have not taken it apart to look.
Does this sound correct? I don't understand why the repair guys wouldn't know this? Any other suggestions on the cause of the problem?
Thanks,
Keith