The fan on top of your outdoor unit pulls air across the condenser coil to get rid of the heat taken out of your house. When it stops, the system can't shed heat, cooling drops off fast, and the compressor overheats.
Lucas Air Conditioning and Heating repairs and replaces condenser fan motors, capacitors and blades for homes and businesses across Tavares and Lake County.
A fan that won't start is very often a failed run capacitor, an inexpensive part that wears out faster in Florida heat. Worn bearings, a burned-out motor, a failed contactor or a bent blade are the other common causes. We test each part and replace only what has failed.
Turn the system off if the outdoor fan isn't spinning. Running the compressor without the fan is one of the fastest ways to damage it and turn a fan repair into a compressor replacement.
Most condenser fan repairs are finished in a single visit. We install a motor matched to the unit's specifications, check the blade and the capacitor, and confirm the system's pressures and temperatures before we leave. A yearly tune-up includes inspecting the condenser fan motor and blades, so wear is caught before it fails.
