[ssenniug]

Hey guys, I just stumbled upon this site. I moved into a house about 2 years ago and have had the unit go out about 3 times. Everyone being quite different.

Inside, I have a Carrier model 58pav090 and Im not sure what is outside. Currently the pipes coming in are pretty warm. Forgive the lack of terminology, but the insulated pipe coming in is warm and the smaller pipe traveling with it is VERY hot. I don't recall that being that warm before. Is that normal?

Also, there is a PVC pipe where a tech had put a water/bleach solution down at one point and it is blowing air out of it, would that be normal?

Thanks for the help guys.

[hvac1000]

The pipe being warm does not really mean anything since depending it depends upon where in the cycle the is performing at the time.

The PVC pipe might be blowing air out if there is no trap installed and the coil is mounted in such a way as to air have pressure on it.

Is your system working?
Is the fan running outside?
Is the compressor running outside?

[ssenniug]

Thanks for the reply.

Last night the fan was running outside and the inside was running but making noises, sounded like a fan scraping the inside of its housing. It was not running very well, it was producing cold air, but the house was around 82. (I live in Texas) After a while, it sounded like it was fine but this morning, the compressor and pipes were starting to become frozen, it had ice on all of the pipes outside and the compressor was about half covered in frost. Inside, the pipe coming in was starting to get ice on it.

The major issue is that the inside unit sounds like its seized, I guess. It comes on and sounds like a fan is stuck, I thought it was a fan we had running but it was coming from the inside AC unit. We have just turned it off and I think we are going to have to call a technician.

[hvac1000]

We have just turned it off and I think we are going to have to call a technician.

Probably a smart idea since you would not want to cause anymore damage than is already done.