Just had a similar situation. Had the outdoor fan unit fail would not turn over. Since
I have an extended warrantee called Sun Kool. actually made on line request for service call on monday issue happed on sunday. Tech came out first thing monday. I told him what i thought the problem was (as I had seen it before at my other home and replaced the fan motor myself.
He tried the cap no change.then checked the ac compressor & changed out the relay.
Finally agreed it was the fan motor. Changed it out with a Trane motor same size as he took out. 1/5 hp. said that the motor alone normal cost was in the neighbor hood of $500. But lucky for me I had the insurance on it. When he was checking with the office to get a claim number for me he said his Forman had checked and said that the motor he put in was wrong size for unit and he could come back to the shop and get correct one. About a 1/2hr later he returned and replaced the motor with another brand (not Trane) which was 1/6 hp.
So I basically have a rebuild exterior unit with new components. Glad it was all covered by extended warrantee for once.
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