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It's been an honest 95° F around here lately.
Couple that with Florida's normal crushing humidity, it's been HOT.
No time for the air conditioning to go out.
But it was not running at 2pm.
The thermostat SAID it was on, but it wasn't running.
CRAP!
The normal mode of fail for AC appears to be the starter capacitor.
Since it's Saturday, there are no places open that sell them.
CRAP!
In the course of troubleshooting, I turned the fan in the air-handler from auto to on.
No fan.
CRAP!
But when we returned from our fruitless search for a cap, the fan had started back up.
Clue.
Marv tested the cap and it tested good.
Clue.
Noting all of the water at the drain line, I wondered if the float switch in the cabinet had tripped.
So I blew out the line.
Got LOTS of slimy algae out and a huge rush of water.
Put the fuse back into the box and the compressor fired right up and cold air began to flow!
Now that I think about it, the installer DID mention having to clear that line occasionally... Oops. My bad.
You can put a quarter cup of bleach in the line, below the air handler. Blow it out, suck it out, blow it out, suck it out, pour bleach. Do it at the beginning of the AC season, and about halfway through.
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1st day of the month, we pour about half a cup of bleach through the line. Keeps 'water boogers' from forming. I'm glad to hear you didn't need A/C tech help to get back your cool air.
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we've had a shit ton of 100+ days already this year... was the 5th driest year and 5th hottest last week on record....I think we are in 4th now... the only saving grace is the afternoons haven't been the normal sauna humidity tx is known for... been a strange couple years weather wise....panzer guy
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