vagabonds_moon
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Hey Folks - I am looking for some advice. About 1.5 months ago the a\c stopped working on my rv - it's a coleman mach. I am located on the Gulf Coast, and there is no shade from the sun on my rv, so it's getting very hot (low-mid 90s at the hottest part of the day) so I'd like to try and resolve this:
The a\c hums when I turn it on, but doesn't come on and blow air -
I had a guy come out and look at it - I got on the roof with him to see what he did: he cleaned the fan shaft with a brush, and sprayed it with white lithium grease. Also, he sprayed the compressor with coil cleaner. He then asked me to get down and go in and cut the a\c on - it did come on and function normally. He then said to turn it off again, because he'd put some product on it that needed to dissolve, to wait about 3 hours then I could use the a\c. I waited the 3 hours, then... the a\c once again did not work. I called the guy, but never could get him back out to look at it again..
Anyway, I am wondering if there's something I could do myself, to get the a\c running - if he could do it, why can't I, i'm thinking.
I did get on the roof a few days ago and try to spin the fan by hand, it does not spin freely. I wonder if I were to spray the shaft with lithium grease and turn it by hand, could I get it running.
Maybe the fan motor just needs replacing, I am not skilled in these things and so came here for thoughts. Still I wonder how the guy got it running, when I called him later, he said maybe we should have let it run a little longer before I turned it off to sit for a few hours.
Anyways, any thoughts are appreciated
The a\c hums when I turn it on, but doesn't come on and blow air -
I had a guy come out and look at it - I got on the roof with him to see what he did: he cleaned the fan shaft with a brush, and sprayed it with white lithium grease. Also, he sprayed the compressor with coil cleaner. He then asked me to get down and go in and cut the a\c on - it did come on and function normally. He then said to turn it off again, because he'd put some product on it that needed to dissolve, to wait about 3 hours then I could use the a\c. I waited the 3 hours, then... the a\c once again did not work. I called the guy, but never could get him back out to look at it again..
Anyway, I am wondering if there's something I could do myself, to get the a\c running - if he could do it, why can't I, i'm thinking.
I did get on the roof a few days ago and try to spin the fan by hand, it does not spin freely. I wonder if I were to spray the shaft with lithium grease and turn it by hand, could I get it running.
Maybe the fan motor just needs replacing, I am not skilled in these things and so came here for thoughts. Still I wonder how the guy got it running, when I called him later, he said maybe we should have let it run a little longer before I turned it off to sit for a few hours.
Anyways, any thoughts are appreciated