My head was buried in a computer related project all day. No physical exertion. Yet toward the end of the day I felt hot spots in the house. Hey, the AC will get us cool again, right?
Around 10PM it seemed a little too warm. Checked the stat - 82 but set for 78. Looked at the easy things first. All good.
Ya know, it's late and I'm tired. But I can't live in this place without AC. I have Irish blood. So out comes the Flukes. Got 240v from the panel. Got 24v out of the transformer. The stat looks good. But the capacitor on the fan motor gets no reading. The heat pump breaker at the outdoor disconnect isn't tripped (didn't check the line or load voltage because of the alligator staring at me ). There's a relay inside the air handler but I haven't figured out what it does yet. The schematic on the motor is hard to read.
I installed a Honeywell digital T-stat a little after we moved in. When things started getting warm, I saw, "Change Filter". It's been a couple of months but I tend to make a mess. So I changed the filter and hit the reset on the stat. Still nothing.
Any ideas? It's getting hot here.