So, I've been called for help by a friend who needed me to check out why his Condensing Unit keep coming on and turning back off. When I get there, I found his fan wasn't spinning. I popped off the door then found a snake fried on top of the condenser. I told my friend he would need a capacitor and a motor. Most the time I went along with service guys in my company, we usually change out both. Well my friend went along and got a "Second Opinion". That guy told him forget buying the motor. -Can someone tell me in what conditions does both need to be changed and when not? I won't leave this post up for more than a week because I know Capacitors is a #1 issue in the HVAC field? I just need some education on this.kitchen supply store
Hello Trevor,
Welcome to the forum.
You realise this is an Arduino forum, yes? For projects involving the Arduino. How is your problem related to an Arduino?
I won't leave this post up for more than a week because I know Capacitors is a #1 issue in the HVAC field?
Is that a question or a statement? It reads like a statement but you end it with a question mark, which is confusing.
In response to the statement, the idea of this forum is once questions are answered they are left forever so that others can benefit, not taken down. If you delete it then no one else benefits.
Given the subject matter, surely someone who services HVAC equipment would be best placed to help.
While I can not offer advice on what should not should not be replaced, i do have a concern.
My concern is why your biggest concern is if you should replace motor and cap or just cap. What you should be concerned with is why was a snake found dead in the fridge and did it have friends!
TrevorSaldana:
Can someone tell me in what conditions does both need to be changed and when not?
Change both when someone else is footing the bill. Otherwise change capacitor when diagnostic testing indicates that capacitor has failed and change motor when diagnostic testing indicates that motor has failed.
Totally inadequate diagnosis! You did not check the relay that controls the motor nor did you check the resistance of the motor windings.
If the relay is working and there is power to the motor and the motor is not turning then the motor has failed. If the motor tries to turn or turns slowly, the capacitor is faulty. The motor is a split phase motor and the capacitor supplies the phase shift voltage to the second half of the motor field.
Again, where is the beef(Arduino)?
Paul
Where is the beef?
I thought it was snake meat 