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    May 2, 2013, 09:15 PM
    Smell of electric burning
    Sitting watching television at about 11pm with the sliding glass doors open. I heard a noise outside. I go to investigate and I hear a cracking/popping sound coming from the outside ac unit and the smell of electric burning. The unit was not turned on when this happened so therefore was not running. I immediately turned off the power to the unit. Any idea of what this could be and what I might be looking at? I am a bit befuddled especially since the unit was not even running at the time. Any advice would be appreciated.
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    May 2, 2013, 09:21 PM
    By the way. No heat pump involved here.
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    May 3, 2013, 02:42 AM
    Hi parker and welcome, the sound could have been a rodent chewing on the wires, inspect them carefully. Good luck
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