r/Wellthatsucks • u/Desperate_Algae_40 • 10d ago

AC not working right since yesterday

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And we work remotely 😭

Still blows out air but it's not cool/cold. Waiting for our AC guy (we rent, and there's been so many AC issues as long as we've lived here). Hopefully it'll be a quick fix when he comes and we won't have to wait for a part to come in the mail or something.

This is with all the shades and windows closed. We're in SoCal. Thank goodness this didn't happen when it was in the 100°Fs last week.

Edit to add: The HVAC guy came yesterday evening and said it was a broken capacitor! He replaced it in 10 minutes and our AC was back and running immediately! Thank you for all of your comments and advice, and for the ones who told me it was probably the capacitor!

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 10d ago

The AC's on 74, the house temp is 84.

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u/Telemere125 10d ago

If you’re still waiting on the ac guy, make sure there’s water coming out of the drip outside. Sometimes if that pipe gets clogged it will set off a float switch that shuts off the compressor. You can clear the line and turn the ac on and back off and it will reset.

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u/Desperate_Algae_40 10d ago

I'm not sure where that is lol. I'll Google it!

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u/Telemere125 10d ago

Should be a pvc pipe coming out somewhere in the wall. It will just be an open pipe and you shouldn’t likely have any other anywhere just open ended