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Deluxe R-134a Recharge Hose and Gauge (5 $. AC Pro Professional Formula Refrigerant ( 1 1Your condenser fan motor is located usually on the top of the condenser or on the side of it. The condenser is located outside. If the fan is not blowing any air when the a/c is on, most likely your condenser fan motor is burnt out. However, if you do not hear any noise from your a/c you might have other issues like no power to the unit or you’re not getting signal to the condenser to turn on. When your condenser fan motor stops working it can be a couple of things causing that. 1) Your run capacitor is bad. The run capacitor gives the motor a jump start every time it starts.  The cost to replace a run capacitor for a condenser fan motor from an HVAC contractor can range from $150 to $275 depending on the size and the labor need to install the part. 2) The Condenser fan relay is bad.  New condensers have a relay they turn the motor on and off when the system starts and turns off. The cost to replace a condenser fan relay can range from $175 to $275 the cost depends more on the make and model of the unit and the contractor installing the part.

3) The condenser fan motor electrical winding are bad (burnt motor).  If the motor is burnt out your motor may be moving slowly, but not to full speed or dose not turn on at all. Always replace the motor with the same specifications that the original motor has. Replacing the motor without the same specs can cause higher utility cost and a shorter life span of the air conditioning system. Also replace the run capacitor when you replace the condenser fan motor. The average cost to replace the condenser fan more can range from $350 to $575. The cost depends more on the size of the condenser and the features of the motor. A high efficiency condenser may have a two stage motor that dive the cost up. There are many reasons your air conditioning compressor can fail. The biggest factors are poor installation of the condenser and lack of maintenance. If your compressor stops working you may not need to replace the compressor. Some of the components that can cause compressor failure are:

1) Over heating from a dirty Condenser coil or bad condenser fan motor. Wash your condenser with water and allow to cool down properly before starting system again. Check if your Condenser fan motor is working properly. 2) Low refrigerant in system. Running a compressor with low gas is like running a car with no water. haier window unit air conditioner partsHave your HVAC contractor check the refrigerant levels before he condemns the compressor.ac unit buzzing fan not turning 3) Bad run capacitor to the compressor. 1994 honda civic ac unitLike the condenser fan motor the compressor needs a run capacitor to turn on and stay on. Sometime replacing the run capacitor can get your compressor to work again. Also adding a hard start to the compressor can turn it on too.

A hard start is like a run capacitor however it gives it a little more juice to kick over.  A new compressor run capacitor can range from $250 to $350 depending on the size and air conditioning contractor. The cost to replace your air conditioning compressor can range from $1500 to $2400. There are a lot of variable that can bring the cost up and down. The biggest cost factors are the size of the system and the labor needed to get it replaced properly. 4 out of 5 times it’s more economical to replace the system if it’s older than 10 years.  When having a HVAC contractor replaces your compressor. Make sure he practices these tasks: 1) Remove all gas from system properly. If they just release the refrigerant into the air. Stop them and call someone else. They and you can be fined for pollution from the EPA. 2)Have them replace the run capacitor to the compressor and electrical contactor that powers the system. A good contractor will know that compressor failure is caused by these two things and should avoid doubt that they are working properly.

3) Provide a new liquid line dryer. The dryer is a filter to the refrigerant system which catches all contaminates in the system and removes moisture from the refrigerant. 4) Provide a vacuum to the entire refrigerant system. Removing moisture from the air conditioning system insures your system has no or little contaminates in the refrigerant. 5) Provide a leak check. When installing a new compressor the HVAC contractor will weld the compressor into the condenser. The last thing you want is to leak out the refrigerant from your a/c system. 6) Provide a warranty longer than 30 days. Request a minimum of a 1 year warranty with this remplacement/repair. You want peace of mind its done right and pay for their mistakes.Air conditioning, heat pump or refrigerator / freezer refrigerant gas or liquid leaks: How do we repair refrigerant leaks in air conditioning, heat pump, or other refrigeration systems? This article series discusses how to repair refrigerant leaks in air conditioning and cooling systems, using as an example, repairing a leaky or damaged air conditioning the cooling coil (evaporator coil) in the air conditioning air handler unit.

Our photo at page top shows the cooling coil in the attic air handler component of a central air conditioning system. As we explain in our articles on lost cooling capacity or air conditioning systems or heat pumps that are not working, a refrigerant leak in your air conditioner or heat pump means that eventually it will just not produce cool air (during air conditioning) nor warm air (during heating if it's also a heat pump). First we need an accurate diagnosis of the air conditioning problem. If your air conditioning or heat pump system has lost cooling (or heating) capacity, there can be various causes besides loss of the refrigerant in the system. As we also introduce at CONDENSING COIL REPAIR REPLACE, there is a big payoff in cleaning dust, debris, grass clippings off of a dirty refrigeration condensing coil (this includes outdoor condenser/compressor units for air conditioners and heat pumps and also the condensing coil on a home refrigerator or freezer). Because a refrigeration system works by transferring heat from hot refrigeration gas/liquid to ambient air around the condensing coil, if the condenser coil is blocked by dirt and debris, this can prevent complete cooling of the high temperature refrigerant gas back to a liquid state.

The result is you'll get refrigerant gas bubbles passing through the refrigerant metering valve. On refrigeration systems that include a sight glass you can actually see these gas bubbles passing through the system. More details are at REFRIGERANT SIGHT GLASS. Gas bubbles in the liquid refrigerant line can result in complaints of running water, gurgling, burbling, or similar sounds coming from the refrigerant piping system. See REFRIGERANT PIPING GURGLING. Watch out: Incidentally a second source of bubbling sounds heard in the refrigerant piping suction line near the compressor could be refrigerant oil pooling in that location. This oil pooling is not usually a consequential problem provided the collection of oil does not block passage of refrigerant in the system. In good HVACR design the refrigerant piping slopes back from the evaporator unit (cooling unit or air handler) towards the compressor/condenser unit so that refrigerant oil in the line finds its way back to the compressor motor.

At HVAC school we were taught that some HVAC technicians, in the opinion of the instructor (and our own as well), like the idea of a "delivery route" business, coming around periodically to replace lost refrigerant. In our view in many circumstances this can be a questionable practice. Air conditioners and heat pumps are designed as a closed, hermetically sealed system - they are not supposed to leak refrigerant, and refrigerant leaks are an abnormal condition. The refrigerant leak can be found and repaired. If the technician was in a hurry, perhaps given many service call assignments, or if s/he didn't want to be hassled by a customer complaining over an "attempt convert a simple recharge to a costly service call", or if the company just likes to deliver refrigerant (lots of repeat business), or finally, if the system with the refrigerant leak is large, commercial, complex, and old - at end of life, s/he may not have mentioned that refrigerant leak repair is even possible.

If you are faced with a costly service call or repair on an old air conditioning system (such as the need to replace a corroded, leaky evaporator coil) on a system that is at or near end of life, it is understandable that you might just prefer to wait and replace the whole system. But it is not air conditioner or heat pump system age that makes a refrigerant leak able to be found or not, it is system complexity. Sometimes, especially with large complex commercial systems, because tracing all of the piping and tubing and looking for leaks is time consuming, some people opt to just add refrigerant. Just adding refrigerant is not the best practice. And with old freon-based cooling or heat pump systems such leaks might be illegal as you are damaging the environment and making a prohibited release of Freon gases to the air. The refrigerant gauge set photo above is discussed in detail at GAUGE, REFRIGERATION PRESSURE TEST. A step by step example of adding refrigerant to an air conditioning system using a rather minimalist approach is illustrated

at SPLIT SYSTEM AC / HEAT PUMP REPAIRS. Sorry to ask readers to click again but for more space we have moved this topic to REFRIGERANT LEAK SEALANT USE "Stop leak" products have been in use for decades, particularly in the automotive industry where they were used to address leaks in automotive cooling systems. Those products traditionally used a carrier and fibers (originally asbestos) - an approach not suitable for refrigeration systems whose refrigerant metering devices may not tolerate particulates, even small ones. Since the 1980's several inventors (e.g. Packo & Bailey 1980, 1982, 1984) have patented other approaches (and chemistry) for sealing small leaks in refrigeration systems. Some of these refrigerant leak sealant products use triethoxyl (vinyl) silane that forms a seal when exposed to air and can seal small openings in refrigeration systems without clogging up the capillary tube or thermostatic expansion valve. This discussion has moved to COOLING / EVAPORATOR COIL REPAIR

I f an evaporator coil is leaking (or also if the condensing coil is leaking) you'll find out pretty quickly as refrigerant will be lost and the cooling system will stop providing cool air. You'll need expert diagnosis by an HVAC service technician. Sketch at left courtesy of Carson Dunlop Associates. For an example of coil replacement costs see our condensing coil replacement discussion at CONDENSING COIL REPAIR REPLACE . Watch out: good practice following work on refrigerant piping systems or system evacuation and recharging within refrigerant includes the installation of a debris filter and refrigerant drier device. at REFRIGERANT DRIERS & FILTERS In case you didn't realize it, in order to solder a repair in an air conditioner or heat pump piping, tubing, evaporator coil/cooling coil, or condensing coil, it will first be necessary to remove all of the refrigerant from the system. The HVAC technician will connect a pump to pull a vacuum on the system to remove as much air, gas, debris, and moisture as possible.