Air conditioner coils and fan motor

On Saturday, September 14, 2019 at 11:43:07 PM UTC-4, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

I didn't see any mention that the air conditioner was making (bearing)
noises. In my limited experiences with motors, they always announce
impending failure through vibration, noises, smoke, and eventually
trip the overload protector.

I changed the fan motor on my first floor compressor unit last summer and did so about 10 years on the second floor unit - both being 26 years old now.. Both would sometimes fail to start. I would go outside and give them a push with a screwdriver threw the top vents and they would run happily and quietly until the next cycle. They are Heil units.

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On Friday, September 13, 2019 at 12:05:10 PM UTC-5, jf...my-deja.com wrote:
> All of these anecdotes remind me of the complaints about TV repair men charging $50 to replace a 25-cent capacitor if you brought it in to the shop, and $100 if he came out to your place. The argument always was that part of the charge was for knowing which part to replace.

It is. It cost us many hours to learn which part to replace and we could not lay that all on the first customer. How would YOU like to be that customer. Have any idea what that time costs ? It wasn't just my ton of money an hours it was lights, heat or A/C. Internet, phone, cable TV. We needed it. As a customer you pay a piece of that, no matter what business.

The places I worked had the best BBB rating there is. We were the ones to go testify against other shops of goniffs. We were the ones who fixed shit these dickhead couldn't, and they came in their house, took out a board and left and then called and said it would be like $600 to fix. And then we fixed it for half that and had the customer go get the board from that guy - AND FOUND IT WAS NOT THE PROBLEM !

So, I will change the cap(s) in your condenser unit for fifty bucks plus the caps, plus transportation. I'll put those bitches out of business as well, and not lose a minute sleep over their starving kids.

These days when I do a job some want to pay me more than I ask. I got a 40% tip on an amp repair.

If you are near Cuyahoga county it might be worth me doing something but I doubt it. But then you don't need it, I think...
 

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