Central Ac Outdoor Fan Not Working

If the fan isn t running at all or there is.

Central ac outdoor fan not working.

The condenser lines should be cold and the air inside the home should be cool. Your outside ac hums but the fan doesn t spin or the entire outside ac unit isn t working at all. Symptoms of a central a c fan not working. If all else fails check to see if there is a problem with your air conditioner s physical.

If you observe the ac condenser fan not spinning on your outdoor air conditioning unit the problem is likely one of a few common things. There are a few ways to tell if your a c fan is temporarily or permanently out of order. Typically this means one of two things. After some investigating you determine that your outside ac unit isn t running but the inside is.

You hear the outdoor unit s compressor working and the fan isn t spinning. The first is an inspection of the outdoor unit to physically see if the fan is turning. Despite hearing the sound of the ac turning on your house is not cooling down as it used to. We ll diagnose your unit and provide a fair quote for the air conditioning.

You don t hear the outdoor unit s compressor working and the fan isn t spinning. When your air conditioner s outside fan is not working inspect the fan itself. If the compressor is working but the fan won t turn then the problem is most likely with the motor and or capacitor. After an extended period of time you fan can break or stop working.

In this case the outdoor fan is not running due to a bad capacitor.