Old A/C is very craptastic and I will replace it before the summer but it stopped working the other day.
Good thing I am not afraid of trying to fix anything. It was running fine and then we ran the heat pump because it got cold out for a couple days. When we went to use it again it would not fire up. I was afraid it sprang a leak and was crapped. I hooked my gauges up this afternoon and fired it up. The low side went from 70PSI to 0 and the accumulator started to ice up. I pulled the top off the outside unit and fired the heat pump up. The heat was blasting and my low side gauge pegged out, so I knew the r22 was still lurking inside. I had tried a cycle to heat a couple times a few days ago with no luck in getting A/C.
I tapped the reversing valve with a wrench a few times and then went and fired the A/C up and waaa-laaa we had cold air. Told the wife is she gets a cold front while I am in WI, to grab blankets and leave the heat pump off
What sucks is needing to run A/C in January. Does not need it much but with no breeze and 78-80 degrees outside, it gets sticky in the house fast. Florida sucks.
Good thing I am not afraid of trying to fix anything. It was running fine and then we ran the heat pump because it got cold out for a couple days. When we went to use it again it would not fire up. I was afraid it sprang a leak and was crapped. I hooked my gauges up this afternoon and fired it up. The low side went from 70PSI to 0 and the accumulator started to ice up. I pulled the top off the outside unit and fired the heat pump up. The heat was blasting and my low side gauge pegged out, so I knew the r22 was still lurking inside. I had tried a cycle to heat a couple times a few days ago with no luck in getting A/C.
I tapped the reversing valve with a wrench a few times and then went and fired the A/C up and waaa-laaa we had cold air. Told the wife is she gets a cold front while I am in WI, to grab blankets and leave the heat pump off
What sucks is needing to run A/C in January. Does not need it much but with no breeze and 78-80 degrees outside, it gets sticky in the house fast. Florida sucks.