Had been running fine for whole day, increased the thermostat little bit to give it a breather. After couple of hours I realized that it was no longer putting out chilled air. Went outside and verified that the condenser blower fan was working but the Freon line is not chilled.
- So we know house thermostat is calling for A/C on
- Inside blower air handler is working
- Inside filter has been cleaned
- Outside condenser fan is running
How do I verify the compressor is running or not?
What controls the compressor to turn on?
Don't both the blower and the compressor get the same power?
If one is on, the other should be?
Does compressor gets it own capacitor?
I don't think it just ran our of Freon. That would have been more gradual. This was like house went from bone chilling cold to not chilling any more. Slow Freon leak would have noticed by low performance of the A/C.
So I am hoping it is something electrical. But since the entire unit sits outside, it most likely does NOT have any sensitive electronic parts inside it. Although it might still have some relays or cutout switches etc?
And please, don't give unsupported and stupid suggestions like "are you sure you have power to your A/C" etc!
- So we know house thermostat is calling for A/C on
- Inside blower air handler is working
- Inside filter has been cleaned
- Outside condenser fan is running
How do I verify the compressor is running or not?
What controls the compressor to turn on?
Don't both the blower and the compressor get the same power?
If one is on, the other should be?
Does compressor gets it own capacitor?
I don't think it just ran our of Freon. That would have been more gradual. This was like house went from bone chilling cold to not chilling any more. Slow Freon leak would have noticed by low performance of the A/C.
So I am hoping it is something electrical. But since the entire unit sits outside, it most likely does NOT have any sensitive electronic parts inside it. Although it might still have some relays or cutout switches etc?
And please, don't give unsupported and stupid suggestions like "are you sure you have power to your A/C" etc!