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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 06:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My condenser makes a loud thumping sound when it shuts off. What is wrong with it? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1296248 heat pump or just straight AC? straight AC Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1296248 United States06/12/2013 06:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | My condenser makes a loud thumping sound when it shuts off. What is wrong with it? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1296248 heat pump or just straight AC? straight AC Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 06:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Riddle me this... Quoting: palladium 38169094 2 story apartment, new a.c. unit, nice and cool downstairs, with only 2 vents. Upstairs is super hot all day and night, and there are 4 vents. I am stumped. Thank you for this 'cool' public service, in advance! Who put it in? let me guess, Lowest bidder huh...new duct work also? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 29146038 United States06/12/2013 06:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Riddle me this... Quoting: palladium 38169094 2 story apartment, new a.c. unit, nice and cool downstairs, with only 2 vents. Upstairs is super hot all day and night, and there are 4 vents. I am stumped. Thank you for this 'cool' public service, in advance! Sounds like your downstairs vents are wide open... Close all your AC Vents downstairs enough to where they're cracked open a bit, and then do the same upstairs. You need air pressure to equalize throughout the house. The colder air will push out through the lower two vents, because it's lower and easier to escape through. (Cold air falls, warm air rises.) With the lower two vents cracked open, it causes air pressure to build up and be forced out of the upper vents. Good luck! |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 06:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. |
Shelter-in-place  User ID: 34346988 United States06/12/2013 06:53 PM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 29146038 United States06/12/2013 06:54 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41571863 Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling Or the line is frozen solid ... |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 06:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1296248 It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling Or the line is frozen solid ... ?? |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 06:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1296248 It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling Or the line is frozen solid ... ?? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 07:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41571863 most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling Or the line is frozen solid ... ?? ??? |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 1296248 United States06/12/2013 07:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. If it's just the check valve closing, then I guess I don't have anything to worry about, right? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 07:02 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41571863 Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. what about checking the t-stat sounds like it keeps calling a 10 min or so cooling cycle ie: system running...he never said what his off time duration was. |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41571863 United States06/12/2013 07:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 41571863 Age?...and do you know if it is a recipt or scroll compressor? shorta short and fat...Reciprocal tall and skinny, scroll how long before it stops...2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins ?? and how fast is the thumping...1 time a second...1 time every 2 secs?? It's a Rheem scroll compressor that's about 3 years old now. It only makes one thump sound when it shuts off. It runs for about 10 min per cycle. most straight ac's have a check valve so the refrigerant only flows one way...without seeing/hearing it, I'd say it's the check closing. If it's just the check valve closing, then I guess I don't have anything to worry about, right? has it done it from day one?...or just recently started? |
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| Renegade (Me too) User ID: 41518287 United States06/12/2013 09:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Already hot in alot of places... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40933222 here are some do it yourself tips that may help save you a service call 1. Change your air filters!...every 30 days!! 2. Clean off your outdoor unit...lots of times folks unwittingly blow grass clipping onto the Condenser coil...take a garden hose and gently spray those off...you can use some full strength "409" household cleaner or something like "Simple Green"...just make sure to rinse it off completely 3. make sure nothing is stored on top of the Condenser fan, blocking the air flow... anybody got any other questions? Where is the coil? Who is John Galt? |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 41626171 United States06/13/2013 05:01 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Already hot in alot of places... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 40933222 here are some do it yourself tips that may help save you a service call 1. Change your air filters!...every 30 days!! 2. Clean off your outdoor unit...lots of times folks unwittingly blow grass clipping onto the Condenser coil...take a garden hose and gently spray those off...you can use some full strength "409" household cleaner or something like "Simple Green"...just make sure to rinse it off completely 3. make sure nothing is stored on top of the Condenser fan, blocking the air flow... anybody got any other questions? Where is the coil? depending on what part of the country you live in, it could be on the roof |
