herboren
Aug 25, 2012, 10:55 PM
So yeah this is completely my fault, but I was weed eating around the house today and didn't necessarily cut the wires in half, instead the red and white wire touched each other and the metal of the AC unit outside. Few sparks here and there and the Unit shutoff completely. I had read an article posted here, an old one in fact(2011 article) where some guys dog or cat chewed through the wires. He had the same problem as me just excluding the sparks. Now I tried checking for the fuses but the air-handler outside contains no fuses nor is there any in the Unit outside.
I took the cover off the unit outside to see if any wires were disconnected. Wires appear in tact. The red one has been capped with a larger yellow wire and the white one has also been capped with a second larger yellow wire. The green wire (the protective ground) this one is wrapped inside shrink tubing with the red and white wire, this green one doesn't seem like it was connected at all I can't even tell if it was connected prior to the weed eater.
So overall, no fuses, red and white wire in tact and nothing looks fried on the air-handler or the Unit panel, just the black burnt mark from the stripped plastic on the red and white wires.
Keep in mind I have also flipped the breaker to off. Here is also a URL of the same problem I am having as this guy, just not fuses in my central AC:
Dog Chews Through Wires (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/heating-air-conditioning/dog-chewed-c-wires-outside-can-anyone-help-594800.html)
I took the cover off the unit outside to see if any wires were disconnected. Wires appear in tact. The red one has been capped with a larger yellow wire and the white one has also been capped with a second larger yellow wire. The green wire (the protective ground) this one is wrapped inside shrink tubing with the red and white wire, this green one doesn't seem like it was connected at all I can't even tell if it was connected prior to the weed eater.
So overall, no fuses, red and white wire in tact and nothing looks fried on the air-handler or the Unit panel, just the black burnt mark from the stripped plastic on the red and white wires.
Keep in mind I have also flipped the breaker to off. Here is also a URL of the same problem I am having as this guy, just not fuses in my central AC:
Dog Chews Through Wires (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/heating-air-conditioning/dog-chewed-c-wires-outside-can-anyone-help-594800.html)