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    Aaronpmartin Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Aug 18, 2010, 10:44 AM
    Condenser fan motor has to be kick started
    After reading several threads here I've decided to give it a shot. Rheem heat pump and condenser fan will not start spinning freely. If I "kick start" it, the fan will turn for a few minutes then start to bog down and eventually trip the reset. To me this seems like a motor only issue and not related to capacitor or voltage. Am I right?
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    Aug 18, 2010, 06:40 PM

    Can`t tell you that for sure it's the motor
    Does the compressor start up and run?
    It could still be that one side,the fan side of the capicitor is bad
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