AC condenser not coming on

[Tracy moss]

Send pic of the contactor you wired up may have a wire in wrong place

[txoutdoorsman24]

Does the fan spin freely? Most likely not the capacitor but could have a compressor issue. Over heated possibly. Truly it is hard to diagnose over the internet. Could be a few things casing the issue. I'd call someone out

[LeanMachine]

Confirmed 110-120v on both legs coming in.

[LeanMachine]

Fan spins very free manually.

[deerdhunter]

Mine stopped working a couple of weeks ago. A friend who does a\c came over and found a spider had been fired been the contact points. All that you could see were its curled up legs sticking out from under the contact.

[BBReezen]

Have you tried taking that small cover off and manually pressing in the contactor to power on the fan/compressor?

[kruppa24]

fire ants will also get in those contactors, but I think you already said you replaced that.
hard start kit will help also if the fan is not bad.

[TeamAmerica]

Have you tried taking that small cover off and manually pressing in the contactor to power on the fan/compressor?

I second this suggestion. if you have power coming in - manually override the contactor - should be a spring loaded button to push under that cover. then, if you are getting power on the other side, your fan/compressor will kick on. if you hear the fan/compressor humming but not fully kicking on, then might need to replace the capacitor.

[LeanMachine]

Is this white board the one you are talking about in air handler? Fuse checks good. I read voltage on right side wires but none on left side. Not sure if there should be any there or not. However, now the unit has magically come on. But i feel it will be short lived functionality. It could be all in my head but it seems like the condenser is running a little weak. Like it should be a little louder.

[LeanMachine]

Forgot the pic

[LeanMachine]

If it stops again, i will try pushing in the contactor. I assume what you are referring to is under that black cover held onto the contactor by 2 screws?

[Tracy moss]

Do you have a amp meter

[Tracy moss]

Let run a while and feel top of motor on the fan guard. To see if it’s getting hot

[Tracy moss]

Make sure you have the red and purple wire on the cap on the common terminal and the yellow on herm terminal of cap.

[JGlock30]

I always start with the contactor push! if there is no power, you will be doing tons of work that is not needed!!