The other day my A/C unit wouldn't turn on. I ran though some troubleshooting: , checked the breakers, tried turning on the heat (also did not do anything), tried just the fan (nothing), turned the thermostat down to the lowest (45 degrees, still nothing) and lastly tried bypassing the thermostat by directly connecting the wires.
None of that worked, so I assumed wasn't the thermostat. I looked around both the inside and outside unit for a reset switch, didn't find one. Flipped the breakers off and took the panel off the outside unit. Inside was just two main components, the contact switch and the capacitor. The capacitor was replaced last summer. I took a piece of hefty electrical wire and bridged the switch, the unit turned on. So I went out this morning and bought a new switch.
That said, I'm sure not all of that was the "bestest" way of troubleshooting, but my question is:
If the switch was bad, I replace it and the outside unit turns on, does that control the blower inside the house? I was in too much of a rush troubleshooting that when I jumped the switch I didn't check to see if the vents were pushing out air. Does the outside unit also control the inside unit?
None of that worked, so I assumed wasn't the thermostat. I looked around both the inside and outside unit for a reset switch, didn't find one. Flipped the breakers off and took the panel off the outside unit. Inside was just two main components, the contact switch and the capacitor. The capacitor was replaced last summer. I took a piece of hefty electrical wire and bridged the switch, the unit turned on. So I went out this morning and bought a new switch.
That said, I'm sure not all of that was the "bestest" way of troubleshooting, but my question is:
If the switch was bad, I replace it and the outside unit turns on, does that control the blower inside the house? I was in too much of a rush troubleshooting that when I jumped the switch I didn't check to see if the vents were pushing out air. Does the outside unit also control the inside unit?
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