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About john t. borgman
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I work days, so I can only answer early in the day or later in the evening, I live in Oregon. I have been so good at all the other area's of hvac, I am probably the only hvac guy that does not know oil. ( lol ) I am very well versed in gas, electric and heat pumps and will only answer residential applications. I have been known the past decade or so, by my employers as the guy you send when no one can figure it out. Trouble shooting is my special. I understand the physics behind air flow, refrigerants and electricity. I understand programmable t-stats, zone controls, economizers, fossil fuel kits and the engineering thought process in the wiring and construction of residential equipment
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I was lucky enough to start in this field over 25 years ago as an installer, for a company that installed the best duct systems I have ever seen, even to this day. The best ,as far as understanding the way air really flows through a duct system, from the return air to the very last supply register . They also had great pride and the duct work was put in, not only to last 50 years, but to look exceptional. Then as I started doing service work, I was again fortunate that I found a 3 year engineering class being put on be a man that was the educational director for the Entire united states for a society called " the Refrigeration Service Engineering Society " And for the next 3 years I schooled at night and practiced what I learned during the day, a great advantage over schooling and then trying to remember it years later.. Versed in duct design manual J heat gain/loss calculations. Also experience in wine rooms and indoor swimming pool hvac & humidity controls
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I have 2 inventions that have gone through the process and been recorded at the National Institute of Standards and Technology from start to finish and thus been invited to national innovation workshops by the dept. of Commerce and the dept. of Energy. They are waste heat recovery devices that N.I.S.T approved as valid and am currently looking for marketing partners to get this product into the hands of consumers and make a BIG difference in Energy savings for every Household and Eatery and take a big bite in the the peak hours power consumption that face our Utilities companies.
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factory training in Lennox ,Rheem, Ruud ,Trane, Tempstar ,Carrier, Day&Night, Payne, Bryant, Coleman, Intertherm, Ultra boilers, Unico, Mitsubishi,Sanyo, Taylor, Nicewonger, . Associates degree in Refrigeration Engineering. Certified with Energy Department, Check-me Program, have N.A.T.E. certifications in gas, a/c & heat pump. Teach and apprentice at every company I work at.
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Expert: john t. borgman - 11/3/2009
Question
This pas Saturday my AC kicked on and the Trane XB1000 that sits outside my house start making this squealing noise that was definitely not normal and the fan wasn't spinning but air was blowing inside.
I was told by a neighbor that it was probably the capacitor so I bought one from Graybar, matched all the specs but the leads in the top of the canister were slightly different. I did my best following the wiring and hooked it up and turned it on. Lo and behold the thing worked for a little bit, the fan spun one way for a short second and then spun the other way like it normally does.
Now when the unit kicks on the fan doesn't spin. Any thoughts on what might be the problem? Should the fan spin all the time? Any thoughts on where I can find an identical capacitor to match the one that originally came with the unit?
Thanks,
Eric
Answer
Eric,
First go out and spin the fan blade with nothing on, if it does not spin freely and go for a while with just the spin the bearings are out and you need a new motor. I don't know what you bought but, a run cap only has 2 sets of spades and you cannot get them wrong, unless you bought a dual run cap, in which case you can go to your local trane dealer with the mfd and voltage rating and get the right one. What you need, though, is to have an amp draw of the motor while it is running to see if it is within the rating of that motor or if the windings are going bad. If you are replacing a dual cap and get it wrong you can take out your compressor.....1500 bucks
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