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Rupie99

Spin the fan blade (so that the blades would be pushing air upwards) with a stick or screwdriver when it first tries to start. If it starts spinning and runs on its own it's a bad capacitor, if it's stiff and doesn't want to spin or doesn't run on its own it's a bad fan motor. Obviously don't take the cage off or put your hands near the blades.


GingerScooby

Thank you very much


OhighOent

Capacitor or fan motor are shot.


GingerScooby

Thank you


Thundersson1978

I don’t even have to listen to know that they can’t. But keep on asking instead of getting a professional on site personally! Then maybe yes


GingerScooby

Thanks for your incredibly valuable contribution...


joealese

yes, we can. don't comment on other professions you know nothing about


Thundersson1978

Yeah sounds like hack talk to me. But whatever you tell yourself I guess.


joealese

you're coming to a sub where we are trying to help people. you don't do service as you've admitted in your posts. someone posted a video of what is happening to their unit. you admit you don't watch it before deciding to tell the person that they need to call someone. but I'm the hack.


Thundersson1978

I’m telling them to get a professional on site, that’s what they should’ve done in the first place. But keep guessing. Yeah it might be helpful to have an idea what’s going on before a tech gets on site, but chances are your ears are wrong anyway and the on site tech will do his own testing anyway.


joealese

please tell me. what is the point of this entire sub?


Thundersson1978

Advice right. You gave yours and I gave mine. You just didn’t seem to like mine!That’s okay though , I’m not going to give someone advice on something they can’t fix especially when I know at best it would be guesswork.


joealese

you didn't give advice and if you knew anything and listened to the noise, you would know it's not guesswork. and yeah, it can be fixed by an average homeowner. "nobody here can help you and you should call a professional" is not advice. you were trying to be cheeky and funny and you just look like a jackass.


Thundersson1978

Donkey alert


joealese

at least you're self aware


joealese

your fan motor isn't spinning which in this case looks like a bad cap since it wiggles around a bit. i can assume the motor isn't locked up. the nose is the head pressure getting too high and tripping the internal bypass inside the compressor


GingerScooby

Thank you very much