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    mcburton Posts: 12, Reputation: 1
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    May 27, 2010, 04:13 PM
    A/C compressor running non-stop
    Hello all,

    I have a classic A/C and heating system with an inside down-flow fan unit, furnace, and cooling coils, and an outside compressor/condenser unit. Just this week, I noticed that the compressor/condenser unit continues to run like it normally would when the A/C is on (i.e. the compressor and the condenser fan are running), but it runs non-stop, even when I have cooling turned off on the thermostat. When I pull the 110V plug on the inside fan unit, the compressor and condenser shut off, but as soon as I plug it in, they come back on.

    I have seen this happen before some years ago in a different house after a thunderstorm and we had a recent thunderstorm here, but I can't remember what the problem was as how to fix it. Any ideas on what this might be? I thought it might be a relay on the inside fan unit but I pulled the only relay I could find without any luck -- turns out that relay is for the inside fan blower motor. Maybe I have a stuck relay on the outside unit?

    Probably doesn't matter, but the system is a Rheem RAFD-036JAS.

    Thank you in advance!

    Matt
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    May 27, 2010, 04:26 PM

    Not sure, are you saying you have to turn the 110 off to the furnace, or the 220 off to the ac to get it to shut off?
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    May 31, 2010, 07:56 AM

    Sorry for the confusion. I can shut it off by pulling the 110 at the furnace or the 220 on the compressor/condenser. However, I have since discovered it is my thermostat. Installed a new LuxPro this winter and it worked fine until we had to turn on the A/C this month. Not happy with that product.

    Thanks for the reply.

    Matt
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