Dave Elliott
Sep 28, 2007, 10:41 AM
Someone please help me. Two days ago my 10 year old Trane central air compressor unit started making loud noises. I shut it off and called a company to repair it. When they came the turned it on and although it was working perfectly fine they told me the only thing that could have made that kind of noise was the bearings going in the fan motor.
I let them replace the fan motor. My unit is a Trane and they replaced a 1/5 horse power motor with a 1/2 horse power motor which was what he called generic. Both ran at 1075 RPMs. After replacing the motor the tech guy said he needed to also replace the motor "contactor" but he didn't have the part. He said he would come back the next day and do that.
The unit ran perfectly fine that night. Cooled the house to the thermostat temp. of 76 degrees. I was not home yesterday when the tech came back to change the contactor. But when I got home a few hours later, the temp inside my home was at 81 degrees.
After 5 hours at 81 degrees I shut the unit off. I turned it back on this morning and it seemed to start cooling for about an hour then boom... back to 81 degrees. I called the tech and he said to look to see if the outside lines were frozen... They were. I turned the unit off immediately. The tech will be back tonight but I need to be prepared to talk to him about this. He said it sounds like the outside compressor unit is gone. Just a coisciedence that it happened right after he replaced the "contactor".
My question is pretty simple... is this really a coincedence or is there something this tech could have done to cause this? How do I handle this. He is talking replacing the whole unit?
I need advice.
Thanks,
D
I let them replace the fan motor. My unit is a Trane and they replaced a 1/5 horse power motor with a 1/2 horse power motor which was what he called generic. Both ran at 1075 RPMs. After replacing the motor the tech guy said he needed to also replace the motor "contactor" but he didn't have the part. He said he would come back the next day and do that.
The unit ran perfectly fine that night. Cooled the house to the thermostat temp. of 76 degrees. I was not home yesterday when the tech came back to change the contactor. But when I got home a few hours later, the temp inside my home was at 81 degrees.
After 5 hours at 81 degrees I shut the unit off. I turned it back on this morning and it seemed to start cooling for about an hour then boom... back to 81 degrees. I called the tech and he said to look to see if the outside lines were frozen... They were. I turned the unit off immediately. The tech will be back tonight but I need to be prepared to talk to him about this. He said it sounds like the outside compressor unit is gone. Just a coisciedence that it happened right after he replaced the "contactor".
My question is pretty simple... is this really a coincedence or is there something this tech could have done to cause this? How do I handle this. He is talking replacing the whole unit?
I need advice.
Thanks,
D