"Help! My AC isn't working!....

[480sparky]

.... And the heat index today is going to be 105°F!"


This mornings service call, an AC that quit working during the hottest days on record. Gee.... I wonder what it could be?.....



Hmmmm. It's a real noggin-scratcher! :?

 

[LarryFine]

.... And the heat index today is going to be 105°F!"


This mornings service call, an AC that quit working during the hottest days on record. Gee.... I wonder what it could be?.....

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Hmmmm. It's a real noggin-scratcher! :?

Loose ground wire?

 

[Knuckle Dragger]

Do you check if you have 220/240 between the two hot legs?

 

[mbrooke]

.... And the heat index today is going to be 105°F!"


This mornings service call, an AC that quit working during the hottest days on record. Gee.... I wonder what it could be?.....

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Hmmmm. It's a real noggin-scratcher! :?

And don't get it. It looks like any other AC :huh:

 

[480sparky]

And don't get it. It looks like any other AC :huh:

Hmmm. I thought this was the disconnect.

Silly me. Now I know how to fix it!

 

[mbrooke]

Hmmm. I thought this was the disconnect.

Silly me. Now I know how to fix it!

Dude! Thats the contractor :slaphead:

 

[480sparky]

Dude! Thats the contractor :slaphead:

No.. I'm the contractor!

 

[mbrooke]

No.. I'm the contractor!

*contactor

Auto correct killed the moment yet again! :rant:

 

[growler]

Did you have another position in the panel to install a good breaker? Something tells me the buss section where that one was located is toast.

Did the unit come back on and work or did that bad breaker cause more problems before it burned to death?

Edit:
Sorry I didn't notice where that breaker was located?

 

[ggunn]

*contactor

Auto correct killed the moment yet again! :rant:

Years ago that part went out on my A/C. When the tech took it apart it was packed solid with fire ants.

 

[mbrooke]

Years ago that part went out on my A/C. When the tech took it apart it was packed solid with fire ants.

Could be worse, when the cap blows you can't bypass it. Have to wait for a new one to come 7 days latter on the hottest day :rant:

 

[rlundsrud]

Years ago that part went out on my A/C. When the tech took it apart it was packed solid with fire ants.

I think you mean on-fire ants!!

,' -)

 

[480sparky]

*contactor

Auto correct killed the moment yet again! :rant:

No... not a contactor. This is a disconnect.

 

[mbrooke]

No... not a contactor. This is a disconnect.

Nope, this is a disconnect:

No wonder you don't know what your looking at :roll: You've never had HVAC experience.

 

[480sparky]

Nope, this is a disconnect:







No wonder you don't know what your looking at :roll: You've never had HVAC experience.

Oh, silly me! I woke up this morning thinking I was an electrician.......

I guess installing a new electrical disconnect, while solving the HO's problem and getting her AC back on, was the wrong thing to do....

 

[xformer]

Nope, this is a disconnect:

No wonder you don't know what your looking at :roll: You've never had HVAC experience.

I have been looking for those disconnects... Where can I get some?

 

[retirede]

Could be worse, when the cap blows you can't bypass it. Have to wait for a new one to come 7 days latter on the hottest day :rant:

I’ve always been able get a cap locally same day. Had to replace two of them last year, one on my daughter’s central AC and one on the heat pump for my pool.

 

[ptonsparky]

My office girl was hot this morning! She was at that! Ninety seven in the office at 7am, but she happened to know a guy that could help out on his day off. So I hauled it in there.

 

[mbrooke]

I’ve always been able get a cap locally same day. Had to replace two of them last year, one on my daughter’s central AC and one on the heat pump for my pool.

I've never been able to figure it out, but AC units seem to eat caps like a bag of Cheetos.

 

[mbrooke]

I have been looking for those disconnects... Where can I get some?

Amazon my friend, Amazon. :thumbsup: