450 Nelms Cir Unit 103
Fredericksburg, VA 22406
(540) 361-6744

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Trey M.

Trey M.


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During my inspection I found that the outdoor condenser fan motor was not running. Upon further inspection I found the capacitor for the unit which was rated at a 40/5 was only putting out 40/0 this was causing the condenser fan not to run. I also checked out the system including the pressures which were 104/232 with a 26° superheat and a 1.8° sub cooling this is being caused because of how dirty the system is including the indoor evaporator coil in the outdoor condenser coil and the indoor evaporator blower motor. I also took amp draws of the outdoor unit starting with the compressor it was 5.8 A and the condenser fan was .9 A. The condenser fan is over amping and will most likely fail very soon my suspicion is is that when the capacitor went out the condenser fan struggled very hard and it put a lot of stress on it which then caused it to be damaged. On the indoor unit I found also that the drain line is clogged this should also be taken care of so that the unit does not overflo