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    Apr 26, 2009, 06:57 PM
    Ac unit will not turn on
    Hi the unti just will not turn on. It is a lennox elite 13 and only 5 years old. Is there a reset button anywhere we have checked the circuits and fuses
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:04 PM

    Does the inside blower run?
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:21 PM
    The inside blower runs the outside unit does not kick on
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:22 PM

    OK, I can tell you what to look for outside if you have time and would like to try to fix it.
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:23 PM
    I checked all fuses and thermostats and circuits. This si the first time we tried to use it this year
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:23 PM
    What brand unit?
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:23 PM
    Yes I would like to try and fix it if I call the company it will be a fortune
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:24 PM

    OK, first is it just a ac unit or a heat pump?
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:24 PM
    Lennox elite 13
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:25 PM
    Just a cental ac unit
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:27 PM

    OK go outside and remove the pannal where the power wire goes in. What you are going to be looking for is the contactor.

    http://yueqing-shi-shinaidi-electric...ges/283101.jpg

    See the 2 butons in the middle. You can push them with a screw driver to see if the unit comes on. If it does then your problem is in th t-stat wiring some where. If it doesn't then we have a high voltage problem.
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:41 PM

    OK be right back,we had to pull the fuse to push those buttons and there is deffinetly electric going there but the unit does noting
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:42 PM

    If you push the bottons with the fuse in the unit should come on. If it does sound like you have a high or low pressuer switch problem.
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:44 PM
    If we push the buttons with the fuse in we get electrocuted (LOL) it sparked a little
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:47 PM

    Yea it will spark just a bit the wires are on the top and the bottom that have the power as long as you stay on the buton you will not get shocked.
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:47 PM
    Have you had the ac on a few times already this year?
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:49 PM
    Also I is the any type of control board in there beside the contactor?
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:58 PM

    No this is the first time and there was no control board
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    Apr 26, 2009, 07:59 PM
    The unit did not kick on whenthose buttons were touched
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    Apr 26, 2009, 08:00 PM
    The dual capacitator was replaced last year for a mere $350

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