I work for a university with low staff so we have student workers who help do certain tasks. condenser fan motor change outs is one of the tasks once trained that we have had success in allowing them to take off our hands. I ran across an interesting situation the other day:
we have a split system that services one of our telephone rooms. Since I came three years ago we know that system cuts out on high head every summer so we go push the button and everyone is happy(charge has been checked). Last year the condenser fan motor went out. My boss gave the student some instruction and left them to it. well, this year we got a call the condensate drain for this system wasn't draining. we vacuumed the drain and took a peak at the condenser. WOULDNT YOU KNOW IT THE FAN MOTOR IS NOW PUSHING INSTEAD OF PULLING AIR THROUGH THE COILS! But theres more. . . we haven't had to go back to reset the high head switch once this summer. Including the heatwave were it was 110 for 3 weeks straight here in Southern California.
Is it possible this is a better way to cool a condensing unit than the way the manufacturers have standardized ?
we have a split system that services one of our telephone rooms. Since I came three years ago we know that system cuts out on high head every summer so we go push the button and everyone is happy(charge has been checked). Last year the condenser fan motor went out. My boss gave the student some instruction and left them to it. well, this year we got a call the condensate drain for this system wasn't draining. we vacuumed the drain and took a peak at the condenser. WOULDNT YOU KNOW IT THE FAN MOTOR IS NOW PUSHING INSTEAD OF PULLING AIR THROUGH THE COILS! But theres more. . . we haven't had to go back to reset the high head switch once this summer. Including the heatwave were it was 110 for 3 weeks straight here in Southern California.
Is it possible this is a better way to cool a condensing unit than the way the manufacturers have standardized ?
