| Re: MOANDAY THE 3D |
Subject: Re: MOANDAY THE 3D by Matatk on 2017/7/4 1:18:13 Hope you feel better soon, Letty. On the way home the wife told me the AC in the house wasn't cold. Damn it. Replaced the capacitor last summer so I assumed it was a dirty filter. Came home and the filter was pretty dirty with dust. Replaced it, still no good. I went outside to the condenser and it wasn't running. Pushed the fan with a screwdriver and still not going. Grabbed the multimeter and no voltage at the feed line. Huh? Checked the breakers (flipped every one) and still nothing. That's weird. Pull the panel off and check for voltage at the breaker...nothing. Then I checked for voltage at a good breaker and nothing. WHAT? Dig a little deeper....well, my stupid ass is used to working on automotive DC systems. Houses are AC systems. So I'm an IDIOT and put the meter on DC...no kidding there is no voltage. So I switch it to AC and guess what? Voltage at the breaker and the outside box. Check and there is a 24 volt signal from the thermostat. So that is either the contactor or the cap. I cut the power and noticed the contactor had cobwebs and crap on it. I cleaned it off and tapped it with a screwdriver handle a few times. Put power back on and it fires up. Go figure. A dirty/stuck contactor. My neighbor (the ac guy) told me to change it anyway and gave me a spare one he had in the garage. I'll swap that out this weekend when I'm off. So the whole fiasco took me an hour or more and should have been 20 minutes or less. I was hot, hungry, and frustrated. Came inside and had some dinner and a few pops to relax. At least the AC is working. I can't imagine paying a service call for something like that. Most AC stuff is simple and easy to fix. Experience is a good thing to have in those cases. Unfortunately I don't have enough of that. But in 11 years of owning this house, I've fixed multiple AC/heat problems and never called a tech once. Not bad. Waiting for the fireworks to start. Hope everyone had a great day! Matthew |
